Help me to create a regular expression for String pattern matching

Question

Hello All,

          Could anybody help me to split or separate the below given string in a specified format?

          String : "TextBox","DisplayFormatString",#,###,###,##0.000,"Mask",n,"MaskType",Numeric, "MinimumValue",0,"MaximumValue",9999999999 

         Format: "Editor","PropertyName1",propertyvalue1,"Propertyname2",propertyValue2..etc) 

I want to split the above array into a string array

1. PropertyName always enclosed with " , but propertyvalues cannot be compulsory to come with " .

2.The number of properties should be dynamic, If a propertyName is there , then next value should be value of that property.

3. Editor value should be  the first part of the string.

Is it possible to get splitted this string with the above criterias?

Regards

Salam

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salampv.07

Answer 1

Hi Salampv,

Welcome to the MSDN Forum.

First of all, I suggest you cut the editor string. And the left string can be "PropertyName1",propertyvalue1,"Propertyname2",propertyValue2..etc

And then, this regular expression will help you to obtain the property and value group:

(.*?(?=,"|$))

here is the test result:

Best regards,

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Mike Feng
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Answer 2

Hello Mike,

          Thank you very much for your reply. How can i get this result into a C# string array?

         I will be wondered if  you  mention the code line?,  

 Regards

Salam

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salampv.07

Answer 3

Hi Salampv,

There is no method/function to call.

You need to split the groups by the first comma, and the first part is property name and the second party is the value. And then you need to put them in an array manually.

Best regards,

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Mike Feng
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