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c#regextext-manipulation

Replace text place holders with Regular Expression

I have a text template that has text variables wrapped with {{ and }}.

I need a regular expression to gives me all the matches that "Include {{ and }}".

For example if I have {{FirstName}} in my text I want to get {{FirstName}} back as a match to be able to replace it with the actual variable.

I already found a regular expression that probably gives me what is INSIDE { and } but I don't know how can I modify it to return what I want.

/\{([^)]+)\}/
Solution

  • This pattern should do the trick:

    string str = "{{FirstName}} {{LastName}}";

Regex rgx = new Regex("{{.*?}}");

foreach (var match in rgx.Matches(str))
{
    // {{FirstName}}
    // {{LastName}}
}