Question

Part of my project is to retrieve a string variable from an external source (google docs) and parse it. This string represents width and height.
I have no problem retrieving, I just need to parse it in to two strings.
The string has 4 variations.
Here are examples:

3"x4"
3"hx4"w
3hx4w
3x4

The width is always the first number and the height is always the second. Sometimes, the width and height have decimal points.

I’m a regex nube. If anyone can help me parse this into two strings of the numeric values only, I would be much obliged.

Answer 1

Dim matches = Regex.Matches("3.45x4.3""", "[\d.]+")

Console.WriteLine("width: " + matches(0).Value)
Console.WriteLine("height: " + matches(1).Value)

An English representation of the regex is basically [\d.] is a character that is either a digit or a dot. The + means one or more.