Create regex pattern in c#.

Question

Hi All,

I am windows 8.1 store app developer in c#.I want to make a regex for my own custom string.It is possible to create regex? I have no idea how can I do that. I have found a regex for all link matching purpose like this 

                

 string pattern = @"(((https?|ftp|file)://)|(www\.)|(Www\.)|)[-a-zA-Z0-9+&@#/%?=~_|!:,.;]+\.(xxx|travel|tel|pro|post|org|net|name|museum|mobi|jobs|int|info|coop|"
                                    + "com|cat|biz|"
                                    + "asia|aero|ab|bc|ae|af|ag|ai|al|am|an|ao|aq|ar|as|at|au"
                                    + "|aw|ax|az|ba|bb|bd|be|bf|bg|bh|bi|bj|bm|bn|bo|br|bs|bt|bv|bw|by|bz|ca|"
                                    + "cc|cd|cf|cg|ch|ci|ck|cl|cm|cn|co|cr|cs|cu|cv|cx|cy|cz|dd|"
                                    + "de|dj|dk|dm|do|dz|ec|ee|eg|eh|er|es|et|eu|fi|fj|fk|fm|fo|fr|"
                                    + "ga|gb|gd|ge|gf|gg|gh|gi|gl|gm|gn|gp|gq|gr|gs|gt|gu|gw|gy|hk|hm"
                                    + "|hn|hr|ht|hu|id|ie|il|im|in|io|iq|ir|is|it|je|jm|jo|jp|ke|kg|kh|"
                                    + "ki|km|kn|kp|kr|kw|ky|kz|la|lb|lc|li|lk|lr|ls|lt|lu|lv|ly|ma|mc|md"
                                    + "|me|mg|mh|mk|ml|mm|mn|mo|mp|mq|mr|ms|mt|mu|mv|mw|mx|my|mz|na|nc|ne"
                                    + "|nf|ng|ni|nl|no|np|nr|nu|nz|om|pa|pe|pf|pg|ph|pk|pl|pm|pn|pr|ps|pt"
                                    + "|pw|py|qa|re|ro|rs|ru|rw|sa|sb|sc|sd|se|sg|sh|si|sj|sk|sl|sm|sn|so"
                                    + "|sr|ss|st|su|sv|sx|sy|sz|tc|td|tf|tg|th|tj|tk|tl|tm|tn|to|tp|tr|tt"
                                    + "|tv|tw|tz|ua|ug|uk|us|uy|uz|va|vc|ve|vg|"
                                    + "vi|vn|vu|wf|ws|ye|yt|yu|za|zm|zw)([-a-zA-Z0-9+&@#/%?=~_|!:,.;]+)";

                Regex regex = new Regex(pattern);               
                var matches = regex.Matches(source);//Here source is my passing string

I want to create a regex expression for those string which is given bellow

1)  :) 
2)  :(
3)  :D 
4) (cool) 
5) :O 
6)  ;) 
7) ;(  
8)  (:| 
9)  :| 
10)  (kiss) 
11)  :P
12)  :$  
13) :^) 
14) |-) 
15) |-( 
16) (inlove) 
17) ]:) 
18) (yn) 
19) (yawn) 
20) (puke) 
21) (doh) 
22) (angry) 
23) (wasntme) 
24) (party) 
25) (worry) 
26) (mm) 
27) (nerd) 
28) :x
29) (wave) 
30) (facepalm) 
31) (devil) 
32) (angel) 
33) (envy) 
34) (wait) 
35) (hug) 
36) (makeup) 
37) (chuckle) 
38) (clap) 
39) (think) 
40) (bow) 
41) (rofl) 
42) (whew) 
43) (happy) 
44) (smirk) 
45) (nod) 
46) (shake) 
47) (waiting) 
48) (emo) 
49) (y) 
50) (n) 
51) (handshake) 
52) (highfive) 
53) (heart) 
54) (lalala) 
55) (heidy) 

56) (F) 
57) (rain) 
58) (sun) 
59) (tumbleweed) 
60) (music) 
61) (bandit) 
62) (tmi) 
63) (coffee) 
64) (pi) 
65) (cash) 
66) (flex) 
67) (^) 
68) (beer) 
69) (d) 
70) (o)
71) (ninja) 
72) (*) 

Please help me to create regex expression.

ThanQ

Ganesh

Answer 1

System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegEx is a .NET class that is supported in Store apps:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/system.text.regularexpressions.regex.aspx

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Answer 2

Hi Matt,

ThanQ for your valuable reply.I know that System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegEx is a .NET class that is supported in Store apps but my concern is that how can I create pattern for my won string which I have posted above in my thread.I have no idea how can I create it. Please help me to create pattern for the above posted string.It is very important for me.

ThanQ

Ganesh 

Answer 3

Hi Mark,

I was resolved it from my end. The code is given bellow

 string re2 = @"(\:\)|\:\(|\:(D)|\(cool\)|\:(O)|\;\)|\(\:\||\:\||\(kiss\)|\:(P)|\:[$]|\:\^\)|\|[-]\)|\|[-]\(|\(inlove\)|\]\:\)|\(yn\)|\(yawn\)|\(puke\)|\(doh\)|\(angry\)|\(wasntme\)|\(party\)|\(worry\)|\(mm\)|\(nerd\)|\:(x)|\(wave\)|\(facepalm\)|\(devil\)|\(angel\)|\(envy\)|\(wait\)|\(hug\)|\(makeup\)|\(chuckle\)|\(clap\)|\(think\)|\(bow\)|\(rofl\)|\(whew\)|\(happy\)|\(smirk\)|\(node\)|\(shake\)|\(waiting\)|\(emo\)|\(y\)|\(n\)|\(handshake\)|\(highfive\)|\(heart\)|\(lalala\)|\(heidy\)|\(F\)|\(rain\)|\(sun\)|\(tumbleweed\)|\(music\)|\(bandit\)|\(tmi\)|\(coffee\)|\(pi\)|\(cash\)|\(flex\)|\(\^\)|\(beer\)|\(d\)|\(o\)|\(ninja\)|\(\*\))";
                Regex r = new Regex( re2);

ThanQ

Ganesh