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System.Text.RegularExpressions Namespace
Visual Studio 2008
The System.Text.RegularExpressions namespace contains classes that provide access to the .NET Framework regular expression engine. The namespace provides regular expression functionality that may be used from any platform or language that runs within the Microsoft .NET Framework. In addition to the types contained in this namespace, the System.Configuration.RegexStringValidator class enables you to determine whether a particular string conforms to a regular expression pattern.
| Class | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Capture | Represents the results from a single subexpression capture. |
![]() | CaptureCollection | Represents the set of captures made by a single capturing group. |
![]() | Group | Represents the results from a single capturing group. |
![]() | GroupCollection | Represents a collection of captured groups in a single match. |
![]() | Match | Represents the results from a single regular expression match. |
![]() | MatchCollection | Represents the set of successful matches found by iteratively applying a regular expression pattern to the input string. |
![]() | Regex | Represents an immutable regular expression. |
![]() | RegexCompilationInfo | Provides information about a regular expression that is used to compile a regular expression to a stand-alone assembly. |
![]() | RegexRunner | Infrastructure. The RegexRunner class is the base class for compiled regular expressions. |
![]() | RegexRunnerFactory | Infrastructure. Creates a RegexRunner class for a compiled regular expression. |
| Delegate | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | MatchEvaluator | Represents the method that is called each time a regular expression match is found during a Replace method operation. |
| Enumeration | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | RegexOptions | Provides enumerated values to use to set regular expression options. |
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