Question

I am trying to process a report from a system which gives me the following code

000=[GEN] OK {Q=1 M=1 B=002 I=3e5e65656-e5dd-45678-b785-a05656569e}

I need to extract the values between the curly brackets {} and save them in to variables. I assume I will need to do this using regex or similar? I’ve really no idea where to start!! I’m using c# asp.net 4.

I need the following variables

param1 = 000
param2 = GEN
param3 = OK
param4 = 1 //Q
param5 = 1 //M
param6 = 002 //B
param7 = 3e5e65656-e5dd-45678-b785-a05656569e //I

I will name the params based on what they actually mean. Can anyone please help me here? I have tried to split based on spaces, but I get the other garbage with it!

Thanks for any pointers/help!

Answer 1

I would suggest a regular expression for this type of work.

var objRegex = new System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex(@"^(\d+)=\[([A-Z]+)\] ([A-Z]+) \{Q=(\d+) M=(\d+) B=(\d+) I=([a-z0-9\-]+)\}$");
var objMatch = objRegex.Match("000=[GEN] OK {Q=1 M=1 B=002 I=3e5e65656-e5dd-45678-b785-a05656569e}");
if (objMatch.Success)
{
    Console.WriteLine(objMatch.Groups[1].ToString());
    Console.WriteLine(objMatch.Groups[2].ToString());
    Console.WriteLine(objMatch.Groups[3].ToString());
    Console.WriteLine(objMatch.Groups[4].ToString());
    Console.WriteLine(objMatch.Groups[5].ToString());
    Console.WriteLine(objMatch.Groups[6].ToString());
    Console.WriteLine(objMatch.Groups[7].ToString());
}

I’ve just tested this out and it works well for me.