Parsing a string in C# using Regex

Question

I have string of a particular type (A, B) C | D 0, 7 | E 0, 6 | F 0, 6 where A, B, C, D, E and F are known but the numbers has to be extracted.

Is there a way by which this can be done using Regex or something else in C#?

Have you tried named groups ? regular-expressions.info/named.html — NeverHopeless
– NeverHopeless, Commented Jun 17, 2013 at 11:10

Grant Winney · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-17 11:17:35Z

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Assuming that's always the format of the string you'd be parsing, you could just use a simple String.Split:

var elements = yourString.Split(new[] {'(', ')', '|', ',', ' '},
    StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

Then just use elements[0] to get the value represented by A, etc. and cast it back to an integer or whatever you need to do with it.

answered Jun 17, 2013 at 11:17

Grant Winney

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This is one option even I thought of. I was thinking if its possible with regex