RegEx

[elziko]

I have created a Regular Expression to get the text between two strings for
example, starting in AB and ending in CD:

Dim reCategory As New Regex("AB((.|\n)*?)CD", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)

This works but also returns the original AB and CD text in the matches. Is
there an easy way of making sure each match discards the AB and CD text?

 

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

elziko,
Look at the Match.Groups property & Regular Expression Grouping Constructs.

If I want the middle stuff specifically I normally make it a named group.

Something like:
Dim reCategory As New Regex("AB(?'mystuff'(.|\n)*?)CD",
RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)
Dim match As Match = reCategory.Match("ABxyzCD")
Debug.WriteLine(match.Groups("mystuff"), "mystuff")

Hope this helps
Jay