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Vnsax
Vnsax

Reputation: 67

Regex match text outside of brackets

I'm currently using this regex but can figure out how to get the text group to combine its result.

String: Text 1^%+{TAB}({CMD 1}{CMD 2})Text 2.^(abc)

Regex: (?<special>[\^+%]*?[\(][^)]*[\)])|(?<special>[\^+%]*?[\{][^}]*[\}])|(?<text>.)

Result:
    text: T
    text: e
    text: x
    text: t
    text:  
    text: 1
    special: ^%+{TAB}
    special: ({CMD 1}{CMD 2})
    text: T
    text: e
    text: x
    text: t
    text:  
    text: 2
    special: ^(abc)

Wanted:
    text: Text 1
    special: ^%+{TAB}
    special: ({CMD 1}{CMD 2})
    text: Text 2
    special: ^(abc)

Ultimately I want "Text 1" and "Text 2" to be two groups in the text group. Can't seem to get the text group not to interfere with the special group when adding .*?(..) for the life of me.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 454

Answers (2)

jdweng
jdweng

Reputation: 34433

Try following :

            string input = "Text 1^%+{TAB}({CMD 1}{CMD 2})Text 2.^(abc)";
            string pattern = @"^(?'text1'[^\^]+)(?'special1'[^\(]+)(?'special2'[^\)]+\))(?'text2'[^\^]+)(?'special3'.*)";

            Match match = Regex.Match(input, pattern);
            Console.WriteLine("Text : '{0}' Special : '{1}' Special : '{2}' Text : '{3}' Special : '{4}'",
                match.Groups["text1"].Value,
                match.Groups["special1"].Value,
                match.Groups["special2"].Value,
                match.Groups["text2"].Value,
                match.Groups["special3"].Value
                    );
            Console.ReadLine();

Upvotes: 0

Wiktor Stribiżew
Wiktor Stribiżew

Reputation: 627607

You may use

(?<special>[+^%]*(?:\([^)]*\)|{[^}]*}))|(?<text>[\w\s]+)

See the regex demo.

Details

  • (?<special>[+^%]*(?:\([^)]*\)|{[^}]*})) - Group "special" capturing:
    • [+^%]* - zero or more +, ^ or % chars
    • (?: - a non-capturing group matching either of the two alternatives:
      • \([^)]*\) - a (, then 0+ chars other than ) and then a )
      • | - or
      • {[^}]*} - a {, then 0+ chars other than } and then a }
    • ) - end of the non-capturing group.
  • | - or
  • (?<text>[\w\s]+) - Group "text": one or more word or whitespace chars.

Upvotes: 1

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