Question

I would like to split the strings like 2x3y5z, 4y, 5x6y, 7x4z into separate strings:

 "2x3y5z" = { "2x", "3y", "5z" }
 "7x4z"= { "7x", "4z" }

My current solution involves Substring and Replace and looks quite convoluted. Is it possible to do this in RegEx in a much simpler way ?

Answer 1

What are the rules to split the string? The following regexp assumes you have number from 0 to 9 and after that character from a to z.

        string pattern = @"[0-9]{1}[a-z]{1}";            
        var regexp = new System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex(pattern);

        var matches = regexp.Matches("2x3y5z");            

        foreach (var match in matches)
        {
            Debug.WriteLine(match);
        }