Question

I’ve got a regular expression like this

something (.*) someotherthing

How do I use a Regex object to match the entire expression and get the value of the capture?

Answer 1

Here is an example of what I think you are asking for:

Match m = Regex.Match( "something some stuff in the middle someotherthing", 
         "something (.*) someotherthing" );
if ( m.Success )
   Console.WriteLine( "groups={0}, entire match={1}, first group={2}", 
                      m.Groups.Count, m.Groups[0].Value, 
                      m.Groups[1].Value );