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Find a set of numbes in long string using RegEx

Ive been searching the Stackoverflow but couldnt find the exact thread that could help me.

My problem is this, i want to be able to find and take out any occurances of 8 digits wihtin a string.

Dim SetOfMatches As MatchCollection
Dim MyRegex As New Regex("A^\d{8}$A")
Dim TestString As String = "testing 12345678 testing"
myMatches = myRegex.Matches(TestString)

For each Row as Match in myMatches

console.writeline(row.value)

Next

this doesnt not generate any hits. but i want to find the 8 digit occurance in the middle of the string.

I am very basic in RegEx.

any help would be great!

Solution

  • What are the A good for? I think you don't need them.

    Try this

    \d{8}

    The ^ is an anchor for the start of the string and the $ for the end. So using those it will not find and digits within the string.

    Regexr.com is a good online testing tool, you can see this regex here.

    Another good source for regular expressions is regular-expressions.info