c# - How do you regex this pattern? -

here pattern:

word [column] %anything goes% 

basically, need extract "word", "column" , value between 2 "%" characters.

the following regular expression extracts each value named group.

(?<word>(.*))(\s*)\[(?<column>(.*))\]\s*%(?<anything>(.*))% 

using on sample string should give following captures:

word = "word" column = "column" = "anything goes" 

to run regular expression , values, can following (don't take best practise, it's illustrate basic concepts).

regex regex = new regex(@"(?<word>(.*))(\s*)\[(?<column>(.*))\]\s*%(?<anything>(.*))%");  match match = regex.match("word [column] %anything goes%");  console.writeline(match.groups["word"].value); console.writeline(match.groups["column"].value); console.writeline(match.groups["anything"].value); 

this should output group captures console. more information on regular expressions in c#, check out msdn documentation regex (this link other types may encounter). recommend expresso tool build , analyse regular expressions. expresso supports code emission , various other useful features.