C# regexoptions.ignorecase doesn't seem to work...

Question

Using the following code:

string pat = @"ENGL101_.*_(.*)";
Regex r = new Regex(pat, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);

Matches: ENGL101_BELIEVE_WRIGHTSTONE.docx

but not: Engl101_ThisIBelieve_Williams.docx

IgnoreCase is on-- what's the issue??

Answer 1

I know this may sound obvious, but have you tried matching against

ENGl101_THISIBELIEVE_WILLIAMOS.docx

without ignore case?

Answer 2

I can't replicate this problem; both the strings appear to match the expression.

[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
    string pat = @"ENGL101_.*_(.*)";
    Regex r = new Regex(pat, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);

    Console.WriteLine(r.IsMatch(@"ENGL101_BELIEVE_WRIGHTSTONE.docx"));
    Console.WriteLine(r.IsMatch(@"Engl101_ThisIBelieve_Williams.docx"));
}

Output:

True
True

The problem must be something else, perhaps?

Answer 3

Can't repro - tried in Snippet Compiler and:

    public static void RunSnippet()
    {
        string pat = @"ENGL101_.*_(.*)";
        Regex r = new Regex(pat, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);

        Match m = r.Match("ENGL101_BELIEVE_WRIGHTSTONE.docx");

        WL(m.Success);

        m = r.Match("Engl101_ThisIBelieve_Williams.docx");

        WL(m.Success);
    }

Returns

True  
True