Get just a part of a string in C#, regex

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Hello,
I have some lines of a file and i have to get from it as a string just the firsts characters.
The text is:
...
(spaces) UWORD (spaces) /* data type */
(spaces) UBYTE (spaces) /* data type */
....

I have to get the "UWORD", "UBYTE" without any space and without "/*data type..."

I tried with character by character but nothing, and in Regex i can't figured out how can i do it.
Thanks a lot!

What I have tried:

Regex pattern = new Regex("(I DON'T KNOW)", RegexOptions.None);

// for regex
or if there is another method...

Posted 12-Sep-18 2:50am

LRazvan96

Updated 12-Sep-18 3:20am

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phil.o · Answer 1 · 2018-09-12T03:20:00

Solution 1

You could try:

C#

string rx = @"^\s*(?<Type>[A-Z]+)\s*.*$"

What you want to capture would be captured under the named groupe Type.
Hope this helps. There exist several free tools out there to build regular expressions ; you should try one of them :)

Posted 12-Sep-18 3:20am

phil.o

Updated 12-Sep-18 3:21am

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LRazvan96 13-Sep-18 1:11am

This does not working. Nothing to show. :(
And i see on internet a lot of sites with regular expressions but noone can build a expression from 0 for my wishes.

phil.o 13-Sep-18 6:19am

Please show the code you have used; I tested this regular expression before answering, and it allows to extract what you have asked.

LRazvan96 13-Sep-18 8:58am

Nevermind, i deleted all code and tried with this :
string value = linie.Split(new string[] { " ", "\t" },StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).First();
Sry for trouble.