C# Text Manipulation Handbook

C# Text Manipulation Handbook

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Regular Expressions

Chapter 5

Page 156 ?US Tel No

/d-/d/d/d-/d/d/d-/d/d/d/d

Page 156 ?nbsp;US Date

[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z] /d/d /d/d/d/d

Page 157 ?nbsp;US Date + Dashes

[a-z][a-z][a-z][ -]/d/d[ -]/d/d/d/d

Page 158 ?nbsp;Credit Card Number

^/d/d/d/d /d/d/d/d /d/d/d/d /d/d/d/d$

Page 159 ?nbsp;US Tel No Revisited

^/d-/d{3}-/d{3}-/d{4}$

Page 159 ?nbsp;US Date Revisited

^[a-zA-Z]{3}[ -]/d/d[ -]/d{4}$

Page 160 ?nbsp;Credit Card Number Revisited

^/d{4} ?/d{4} ?/d{4} ?/d{4}$

Page 161 ?nbsp;ISBN, Greedy

^(/d[- ]*){9}[/dxX]$

Page 164 ?nbsp;Lines of text, Greedy

^[/w/W]+$C

Page 165 ?nbsp;Lines of text, non-greedy

^[/w/W]+?$

Page 166 ?nbsp;ISBN, non-greedy

^(/d[-/s]*?){9}[/dxX]$

Chapter 6

Page 172 ?nbsp;HTML element name

<([a-zA-Z]/d?)>[^<]*<//1>

Page 173 ?nbsp;Capturing Group

([A-Z]{3})/d

Page 173 ?nbsp;Non-Capturing Group

(?:/d|[A-Z])/w

Page 174 ?nbsp;Capturing by Name

/b[A-Z][a-z]+ (?<lastName>[A-Z][a-z]+)/b

Page 174 ?nbsp;Title and Name (Capturing group)

(Mr|Mrs|Miss|Ms|Dr) [A-Z][a-z]*

Page 175 ?nbsp;Title and Name (Without a group)

Mr|Mrs|Miss|Ms|Dr [A-Z][a-z]*

Page 176 ?nbsp;Title and Name (Non-capturing group)

(?:Mr|Mrs|Miss|Ms|Dr) [A-Z][a-z]*

Page 176 ?nbsp;Title, Name, Optional Period

(?:Mr|Mrs|Miss|Ms|Dr)/.? [A-Z][a-z]*

Page 177 ?nbsp;Collecting Patterns

(/d/d)/s([A-Z][A-Z])

Page 178 ?nbsp;Named Pattern to Collect

(?<numberGroup>/d/d)/s(?<letterGroup>[A-Z][A-Z])

Page 178 ?nbsp;Non-Capturing Pattern

(?:/d/d)/s([A-Z][A-Z])

Page 180 ?nbsp;Capturing Surname, not Title

(?:Mr|Mrs|Miss|Ms|Dr) ([A-Z][a-z]*)

Page 181 ?nbsp;Explicit Capture

(Mr|Mrs|Miss|Ms|Dr) (?<lastName>[A-Z][a-z]*)

Page 184 ?nbsp;Named Substitution

(?<firstWord>/b[a-zA-Z]+/b)/s/k<firstWord>

Page 185 ?nbsp;Positive Look-ahead Assertion

/S+(?=/.NET)

Page 185 ?nbsp;Negative Look-ahead Assertion

/d{3}(?![A-Z])

Page 185 ?nbsp;Positive Look-behind Assertion

(?<=New )([A-Z][a-z]+)

Page 186 ?nbsp;Negative Look-behind Assertion

(?<!1)/d{2}[A-Z]

Page 186 ?nbsp;Non-backtracking Match

(?>.*)ing

Page 190 ?nbsp;Non-backtracking on Domain Names

www/.(?>[^.]*)/.com

Page 190 ?nbsp;Decision Making on Expressions

(?(/d)/dA|[A-Z]B)

Page 191 ?nbsp;Decision Making on Names

(?(/d)A|B)

Page 192 ?nbsp;Correct Named Decision Making

(?(/d)/dA|B)

Page 193 ?nbsp;Case Insensitive Group

(?i:[a-z])

Page 193 ?nbsp;Case Sensitive Group

(?-i:[a-z])

Page 193 ?nbsp;Multiple Options in a Group

(?n-i:[a-z])

Chapter 7

Page 202 ?nbsp;Floating Point Numbers

^(?:/+|-)?/d+(?:/./d+)?$

Page 203 ?nbsp;Telephone Numbers

^(/+/d{1,3} ?)?(/(/d{1,5}/)|/d{1,5}) ?/d{3} ?/d{0,7}( (x|xtn|ext|extn|extension)?" /.? ?/d{1,5})?$

Page 206 ?nbsp;Postal Codes

^(/d{5}(-/d{4})?|"([a-z][a-z]/d/d?|[a-z]{2}/d[a-z]) ?/d[a-z][a-z])$

Page 208 ?nbsp;IP Addresses

^((1??/d{1,2}|2[0-4]/d|25[0-5])/.){3}(1??/d{1,2}|2[0-4]/d|25[0-5])$

Page 209 ?nbsp;Domain Name

^(([a-z]|#/d+?)([a-z0-9-]|#/d+?)*([a-z0-9]|#/d+?)/.)+([a-z]{2,4})$

Page 210 ?nbsp;Email Name

^(([^<>()/[/]//.,;:@"/x00-/x20/x7F]|//.)+|("""([^/x0A/x0D"//]|)+"""))$

Page 210 ?nbsp;Email Address

^(?<person>([^<>()/[/]//.,;:@"/x00-/x20/x7F]|//.)+|("""([^/x0A/x0D"//]|)+"""))@(?<domain>(([a-z]|#/d+?)([a-z0-9-]|#/d+?)*([a-z0-9]|#/d+?)/.)+([a-z]{2,4})|((1??/d{1,2}|2[0-4]/d|25[0-5])/.){3}(1??/d{1,2}|2[0-4]/d|25[0-5]))$

Page 222 ?nbsp;Matching HTML Tags

(<[a-z]+[^>]*>)|(</[a-z/d]+>)

Page 224 ?nbsp;Extracting HTML Tags

<(?<outertag>[a-z]+[/d]?)(?<attributes> [^>]*)*>(?<innerhtml>(<(?<innertag>[a-z]+[/d]?)[^>]*>.*?<//k<innertag>>|<[a-z]+[/d]?[^>]*>|(?>[^<]*))*(?=<//k<outertag>>))?