How can I catch an arbitrary string between defined words using regular expressions in .Net, e.g. @”…DEFINED_WORD1 some_arbitrary_string DEFINED_WORD2…”? Unfortunately my experiments with “(?=)” and other patterns are unsuccessful :(
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This will catch anything between the words, as long as there's a space after the first word and before the second. If there are multiple occurrences of WORD2 after WORD1, the first one will be considered.
WORD1 (.*?) WORD2
This is the same, but doesn't require spaces (e.g. "WORD1, some string WORD2" will match):
WORD1\b(.*?)\bWORD2
This will start from the first WORD1 and go on until the last WORD2:
WORD1\b(.*)\bWORD2
Depending on the details of your case, this may be cleaner and easier without regular expressions.
Max Shawabkeh
2010-05-06 06:42:24
@digEmAll: Only the last Regex will do this. The first two use lazy matching to return only "xxx" for the first match.
Jens
2010-05-06 06:49:33
@digEmAll: There are 3 regexes in this post, each of which specifies how it matches. The first two would return `xxx` and `yyy` (with/without spaces) while the last one would return `xxx WORD2 WORD1 yyy`, which is clearly explained in the post.
Max Shawabkeh
2010-05-06 06:50:11
Yes sorry, I've looked in a hurry I didn't notice the "?" ;) Comment deleted
digEmAll
2010-05-06 06:53:14
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A:
"A(.*?)Z"
This would capture strings between "A" and "Z" into group 1.
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polygenelubricants
2010-05-06 06:43:01