c# Regex problem

Question

i want search a value in on row like this

<p align="center"><input type="hidden" name="e79e7ec" value="15302f565b">

i need name="" value and value="" value :P create this code , but this code dosent work

Regex rloginRand = new Regex(@"<p align=center><input type=hidden name=\w*");
            Match mloginRand = rloginRand.Match(source);
            string loginrand = "";
            if (mloginRand.Success)
            {
                 loginrand = mloginRand.ToString().Replace("<p align=center><input type=hidden name=", "");
            }
            string loginrnd = "";
            Regex rloginRnd = new Regex(@"name="+ loginrand+"value=\w*");
            Match mloginRnd = rloginRnd.Match(source);

            if (mloginRand.Success)
            {
                loginrnd = mloginRnd.ToString().Replace("name="+loginrand+" value=", "");
            }

error is

Form1.cs(71,69): error CS1009: Unrecognized escape sequence

at this line

Regex rloginRnd = new Regex(@"name="+ loginrand+"***value=\w****");

regex html strikes again

annakata
– annakata

2009-02-26 12:41:56 +00:00
Commented Feb 26, 2009 at 12:41 — annakata
– annakata, Commented Feb 26, 2009 at 12:41

Marc Gravell · Accepted Answer · 2009-02-26 12:31:56Z

4

Regex is not always the best tool for HTML; I'd use the HTML Agility Pack (since it isn't xhtml), and xpath - it should be pretty trivial then:

    HtmlDocument doc = new HtmlDocument();
    doc.LoadHtml(html);
    HtmlNode node = doc.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode("input");
    // read (if you want)
    string name = node.GetAttributeValue("name", ""),
        value = node.GetAttributeValue("value", "");
    // wipe
    node.SetAttributeValue("name", loginrand);
    node.SetAttributeValue("value", "");
    // get html
    html = doc.DocumentNode.OuterHtml;

edited Feb 26, 2009 at 12:31

answered Feb 26, 2009 at 12:25

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Andy · Accepted Answer · 2009-02-26 12:23:28Z

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You need to put an @ before each part of the string:

Regex rloginRnd = new Regex(@"name="+ loginrand+@"value=\w*");

answered Feb 26, 2009 at 12:23

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madman Over a year ago

i do that but nothing returend

Andy Over a year ago

I'm not positive, but I think the problem is that you don't need to search for "name=" in the second Regex, since that has already been taken care of in the first one.

Robert MacLean · Accepted Answer · 2009-02-26 12:23:27Z

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use
Regex rloginRnd = new Regex(@"name="+ loginrand+@"*value=\w**");
Note: Second @ sign

or
Regex rloginRnd = new Regex(@"name="+ loginrand+"*value=\\w**");
Note: Double \ before w

answered Feb 26, 2009 at 12:23

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NikolaiDante · Accepted Answer · 2009-02-26 12:24:05Z

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I don't think the @ covers the entire string concatination, only the bit that it's on.

Try.

Regex rloginRnd = new Regex(@"name="+ loginrand+ @"*value=\w**");

or

Regex rloginRnd = new Regex(@"name="+ loginrand+ "*value=\\w**");

or use string.format

answered Feb 26, 2009 at 12:24

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