[RESOLVED] Regex to get string.

[vijy]

i am having a file like below.

.....
.....
#pStyle03X0 {XXX: 0px;YYYY: 144px;xxxxx:XXXXX: 1000;xxxxx: 498.00; xxxxx:714.00; }
#pStyle03X1 {xxxxx: 0px;xxxxx: 0px;xxxxx: 0px;xxxxx: 0px;xxxxx: xxxxx 33; }
#pStyle03X2 {xxxxx: 14px;xxxxx: 0px;xxxxx: 12px;xxxxx: 0px;xxxxx: xxxxx 33; }
.....
.....

i need to extract the content inside the braces{} of #pStyle03X1.

i tried some patterns but not getting any match.

[moti barski]

there is a user of the forum called alex user name stlaural i think he posted some regex source codes

[J-Deezy]

Dim contents As String = Regex.Match("string you posted above goes here", "(?<=#pStyle03X1 {).*?(?=})", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase).Value
MsgBox(contents)

[dynamic_sysop]

because the pStyle varies, you would need to make a new regex pattern for each line with that code.
you could do this also, which would avoid the pStyle issue...

        '/// this pattern will search for the { and the stuff between and the }
        Dim strPattern As String = Regex.Escape("{") & "(.*)}"

        Dim strToSearch As String = "#pStyle03X0 {XXX: 0px;YYYY: 144px;xxxxx:XXXXX: 1000;xxxxx: 498.00; xxxxx:714.00; }"

        Dim rgx As New Regex(strPattern, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)

        Dim strResult As String = String.Empty
        '/// this will trim the {} off each match as it's found...
        Dim charsToTrim As Char() = {"{", "}"}

        Dim rgxMatches As MatchCollection = rgx.Matches(strToSearch)

        For Each m As Match In rgxMatches
            strResult &= m.Value.Trim(charsToTrim) & Environment.NewLine
        Next

        MessageBox.Show(strResult)

[J-Deezy]

because the pStyle varies, you would need to make a new regex pattern for each line with that code.
you could do this also, which would avoid the pStyle issue...

        '/// this pattern will search for the { and the stuff between and the }
        Dim strPattern As String = Regex.Escape("{") & "(.*)}"

        Dim strToSearch As String = "#pStyle03X0 {XXX: 0px;YYYY: 144px;xxxxx:XXXXX: 1000;xxxxx: 498.00; xxxxx:714.00; }"

        Dim rgx As New Regex(strPattern, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)

        Dim strResult As String = String.Empty
        '/// this will trim the {} off each match as it's found...
        Dim charsToTrim As Char() = {"{", "}"}

        Dim rgxMatches As MatchCollection = rgx.Matches(strToSearch)

        For Each m As Match In rgxMatches
            strResult &= m.Value.Trim(charsToTrim) & Environment.NewLine
        Next

        MessageBox.Show(strResult)

He said he wanted the contents of "#pStyle03X1", not the contents of all of them. I answered his specific question. If you wanted to capture them all:

Dim mCollect As MatchCollection = Regex.Matches("inputstr", "(?<=#pStyle\w*\s{).*?(?=})", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)
 
For each m As Match in mCollect
    MsgBox(m.Value)
Next

[dynamic_sysop]

He said he wanted the contents of "#pStyle03X1", not the contents of all of them. I answered his specific question. If you wanted to capture them all:

been a long week, lucky for me i listened to the ad on the TV & i really am off to specsavers in a few minutes lol