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How do I get the name of captured groups in a C# Regex?

Asked 2009-09-04T19:24:49.360
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Is there a way to get the name of a captured group in C#?

string line = "No.123456789  04/09/2009  999";
Regex regex = new Regex(@"(?<number>[\d]{9})  (?<date>[\d]{2}/[\d]{2}/[\d]{4})  (?<code>.*)");

GroupCollection groups = regex.Match(line).Groups;

foreach (Group group in groups)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Group: {0}, Value: {1}", ???, group.Value);
}

I want to get this result:

Group: [I don´t know what should go here], Value: 123456789  04/09/2009  999
Group: number, Value: 123456789
Group: date,   Value: 04/09/2009
Group: code,   Value: 999
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You should use GetGroupNames(); and the code will look something like this:

    string line = "No.123456789  04/09/2009  999";
    Regex regex = 
        new Regex(@"(?<number>[\d]{9})  (?<date>[\d]{2}/[\d]{2}/[\d]{4})  (?<code>.*)");

    GroupCollection groups = regex.Match(line).Groups;

    var grpNames = regex.GetGroupNames();

    foreach (var grpName in grpNames)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Group: {0}, Value: {1}", grpName, groups[grpName].Value);
    }
answered 2009-09-04T19:39:03.827

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