Question

I used the following

Regex RE = new Regex(@"'?([(\.\//\s\;\,\:\.\)]+)'?");

to split the expression which is stored in an xml file.

"NIGHT.set('/xs:Service/xs:Location[2]/xs:Res/protocol','HOPR','SP')";

It craps out when reading it, because of the single quotes. I want to get rid of the single quotes in the xml file, changing the expression to,

"NIGHT.set(/xs:Service/xs:Location[2]/xs:Res/protocol,HOPR,SP)";

but when I try the regexp again, it mostly works, but has a entry in
split block after applying the regexp of “(\”

So its not doing it right. I’m pretty crap at regexp, so can anybody quickly
show me how to change it for the better.

Thanks.
scope_creep

Answer 1

This is one way you could do it:

    string s = "NIGHT.set('/xs:Service/xs:Location[2]/xs:Res/protocol','HOPR','SP')";
    s = s.Replace("'", "");
    Regex re = new Regex(@"^(.*)\((.*)\)$");
    Match match = re.Match(s);
    if (match.Success)
    {
        string function = match.Groups[1].Value;
        string[] parameters = match.Groups[2].Value.Split(',');
        // ...
    }