I have a string ---TIMESTAMP Tue, 24 Oct 2017 02:11:56 -0400 [1508825516987]---
I want to get the value within the [] (i.e. 1508825516987)
How can I get the value using Regex?
Explanation:
\[ : [ is a meta char and needs to be escaped if you want to match it literally.(.*?) : match everything in a non-greedy way and capture it.\] : ] is a meta char and needs to be escaped if you want to match it literally.Source of explanation: Click
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string txt = "---TIMESTAMP Tue, 24 Oct 2017 02:11:56 -0400 [1508825516987]---";
Regex regex = new Regex(@"\[(.*?)\]", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Singleline);
Match match = regex.Match(txt);
if (match.Success)
{
for (int i = 1; i < match.Groups.Count; i++)
{
String extract = match.Groups[i].ToString();
Console.Write(extract.ToString());
}
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
Links to learn to create regular expressions:
Update 1:
Regex regex = new Regex(@"^---.*\[(.*?)\]", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Singleline);