Question

My input string is:

"<!--<clientHtml>--><br><br><br><b>Job Title:</b> Test text
<br><b>JobId:</b> 56565-116503
<br><br><b>City:</b> San Diego
<br><b>State:</b> CA
<br><b>Zip Code:</b> 92108
<br><br><br><b>Description:</b> 
            We are recruiting for a Controller to oversee all accounting and finance for a growing manufacturing company.  We are looking for someone who is hands on full cycle accounting.  


<br><br>
<!--<apply>test/apply><email></email><OriginalFetchUrl>http:test.xml</OriginalFetchUrl><OriginalWrapUrl>http://test.html</OriginalWrapUrl></clientHtml>-->";

I need to extract following string using C#/Regular expressions:

1.”We are recruiting for a Controller to oversee all accounting and finance for a growing manufacturing company. We are looking for someone who is hands on full cycle accounting.”

I also want to get rid of the line:
test/apply></email>http:test.xml</OriginalFetchUrl>http://test.html</OriginalWrapUrl></clientHtml>–>

Can I please get help with the code?

Thanks for reading.

Answer 1

Try something like this:

Description:</b>([^<]+)

Here is an example of how to use it:

using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

class Example
{
    static void Main()
    {
        String str = @"<!--<clientHtml>--><br><br><br><b>Job Title:</b> Test text
            <br><b>JobId:</b> 56565-116503
            <br><br><b>City:</b> San Diego
            <br><b>State:</b> CA
            <br><b>Zip Code:</b> 92108
            <br><br><br><b>Description:</b> 
                    We are recruiting for a Controller to oversee all accounting and finance for a growing manufacturing company.  We are looking for someone who is hands on full cycle accounting.  


            <br><br>
            <!--<apply>test/apply><email></email><OriginalFetchUrl>http:test.xml</OriginalFetchUrl><OriginalWrapUrl>http://test.html</OriginalWrapUrl></clientHtml>-->";

        Regex expression = new Regex(@"Description:</b>([^<]+)",
            RegexOptions.Compiled |
            RegexOptions.CultureInvariant |
            RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);

        Match match = expression.Match(str);

        if (match.Success)
            Console.WriteLine(match.Groups[1].Value.Trim());
    }
}