c# regexp to match property and function

Question

I need to match 2 types of values: 1. Object.Property 2. Object.FuncName("Argument")

For now I try to use something like this: \w+.\w+(\(.*\))? \w+.\w+ - makes sure I get expressions like Object.PropertyName (\(.*\))? - I get any parentheses with arguments inside. As they are wrapped in parentheses and followed by questionmark this part is optional.
So it may be Object.PropName or Object.FuncName('SomeArgHere')

When I use this regex against something like this:
Object.FuncName("SomeArg") = 'SomeValue' AND Object.SomeProp = 'AnotherValue' In regexhero I have 'SomeValue' AND Object matched as well. Instead it should match Object.FuncName("SomeArg") and Object.SomeProp

Based on the answer from I tried to use \w+\.\w+(\(.*?\))?\s+MayContain(\[.+,?\ ?\]) to match against things like: Obj.Prop MayContain["value"] AND Obj.Func("Test") MayContain["Other"]. And it match the whole string, in spite of AND

Avinash Raj · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-10 10:07:22Z

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You need to escape the dot so that it would match a literal dot otherwise it would match any character other than a newline character.

\b\w+\.\w+(\(.*?\))?

DEMO
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Update:

The below regex would match both type of strings,

\w+\.\w+(\(.*?\))?(?:\s+MayContain(\[[^]]*\]))?

DEMO

edited Sep 10, 2014 at 10:07

answered Sep 10, 2014 at 9:49

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Yaroslav Yakovlev Over a year ago

Thanks, it works! But I tried to use \w+\.\w+(\(.*?\))?\s+MayContain(\[.+,?\ ?\]) based on it to match against things like: Obj.Prop MayContain["value"] AND Obj.Func("Test") MayContain["Other"]. And it match the whole string, in spite of AND. Will update the question.

Yaroslav Yakovlev Over a year ago

Exactly what I needed! But what was the problem? It looked like something should be working.

Avinash Raj Over a year ago

.+ would match any character except \n one or more times.

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