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tomirons
tomirons

Reputation: 554

C# Combine Regex Expressions

I would like to combine a few expressions to get 3 different results per line.

Example: element\data\elements.data|44a0b61d1952973f52ad54cb911c0e3e|33095223

.*?element(?:(?!\|).)* retrieves element\data\elements.data

(?<=\|)(.*?)(?=\|) retrieves 44a0b61d1952973f52ad54cb911c0e3e

(?<=\|)[0-9]*\r retrieves 33095223

But for me to get these I currently am doing 3 different RegEx, and I would like to limit it down to only one to get the 3 results I need and set them to different variables.

I have looked into doing a Dictionary but those only allow 2 variables, while I need 3.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 148

Answers (2)

Paweł Bejger
Paweł Bejger

Reputation: 6366

For having a Regex with multiple matches you should take a look add | between your expressions. This will then return you all the results matching any of the pattern, with no distinction which string was found by which match.

Upvotes: 0

Grant Winney
Grant Winney

Reputation: 66449

You could just split on the vertical pipe:

var elements = string.Split('|');

The resulting string array would contain:

  • element\data\elements.data
  • 44a0b61d1952973f52ad54cb911c0e3e
  • 33095223

Upvotes: 7

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