I want to split a string in C# that looks like
a : b : "c:d"
so that the resultant array will have
Array[0] = "a"
Array[1] = "b"
Array[2] = "c:d"
what regexp do I use to achieve the required result.
Many Thanks
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2 Answers
If the delimiter colon is separated by whitespace, you can use \s to match the whitespace:
string example = "a : b : \"c:d\"";
string[] splits = Regex.Split(example, @"\s:\s");
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Anand Shah
Thanks Andy, that helps a great deal.
This seems to work in RegexBuddy for me
(\w+)\s:\s(\w+)\s:\s"(\w+:\w+)"
input
a : b : "c:d"
matched groups
- a
- b
- c:d
As always be careful and understand what the regex actually does. Don't just copy blindly. This matches word characters \w, spaces \s, etc. Consider what data your input will actually have in it!
3 Comments
Neil Barnwell
Great, now he has two problems ;p
Jeff Atwood
I got 99 problems but a regex ain't one.
0x49D1
I think there should be more wide solution with |..smth like: (\w+)\s:|:\s"(\w+:\w+)" ..or kind of this