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Reputation: 3531

C# greedy regular expression including match text

I currently have the string:

"CL,UP_REMOVE_LINE,#global_session_id,arg_stage=false,arg_project_id=-1,#global_line_id,arg_activity_id=-1,arg_mode=1,arg_line_id=#global_line_id,arg_session_id=-1"

I tried: 

splitty = Regex.Split(lineText,@"[\,]+\s*(?>arg_){1}?");

and received:

{string[7]}
    [0]: "CL,UP_REMOVE_LINE,#global_session_id"
    [1]: "stage=false"
    [2]: "project_id=-1,#global_line_id"
    [3]: "activity_id=-1"
    [4]: "mode=1"
    [5]: "line_id=#global_line_id"
    [6]: "session_id=-1"

I am splitting by at least one comma, followed by arbitrary white space followed by the "arg_" delimiter, but is there any way to keep the "arg_" portion intact, i.e. indicies [1-6]?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 100

Answers (1)

Wiktor Stribiżew
Wiktor Stribiżew

Reputation: 627607

Use a positive lookahead (to check the presence of, but not consume, thus leaving it in the split chunks) instead of an atomic group (that is still consumed, and thus is removed when using Split):

,+\s*(?=arg_)

See the regex demo

Note you do not need to put the comma into a character class, nor do you need to escape the comma.

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Also, {1}? = {1} and is totally redundant (you may always remove it since this {1} is always implied (i.e. abc = a{1}b{1}c{1})).

Upvotes: 1

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