Question

I`m parsing SQL query with C# Regex.

I need also to make my pattern to understand ‘=’, for example:

string pattern = @’…something…(where)\s\w*\s*(order by)*…something else…’;

the following query should match my pattern:

select fieldslist from mytable where fieldvalue=someint order by specialfield

how can I change the interval of char (I mean ‘\w*’) to make pattern understand my SELECT correctly?

Answer 1

Use a character class instead of \w

     \w = [A-Za-z0-9_]  

(that is, from A to Z, from a to z from 0 to 9 plus _)

Just add any additional character you want:

     [A-Za-z0-9_=]       string pattern = @'...something...(where)\s[A-Za-z0-9_=]*\s*...';