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LosAngeles
LosAngeles

Reputation: 83

Visual Basic 2013 RegEx

How can I get only the Name?

"Hello Name!"

Dim r As New Regex("Hello (.*)! :)")
            Dim matches As MatchCollection = r.Matches(Chat)
            For Each m As Match In matches
                MsgBox("Hi " & m.ToString & " and welcome back!")
            Next

(Chat is the last Chatmessage)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 471

Answers (2)

Sabuj Hassan
Sabuj Hassan

Reputation: 39365

Why don't you do a string replace for Hello and the ! as you know these are fixed??

I don't know VB, but a REGEX in other language should be Hello (\S+)!

Upvotes: 1

Konrad Kokosa
Konrad Kokosa

Reputation: 16878

To get only name, you should use Groups. And if you really want to match :), you must escape ) by using \:

Dim Chat As String = "Hello Name!"
Dim r As New Regex("Hello (.*)! :\)")
Dim matches As MatchCollection = r.Matches(Chat)
For Each m As Match In matches
   m.Groups(1).Value
Next

Upvotes: 3

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