How to use regular expressions to get data

[Paula]

Hi !!

What regular expression should I write to get data from an html tag?

Example: <title> The data I want to retrieve </title>

I want to get "The data I want to retrieve"

Could be right this one? @<\s* (title)\s* > [(\s* \w+)]+ (</title>)+

Thanks

[Stephen Cairns]

How about trying this
http://([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]+(/[\w- ./?%&=]*)?

[Ken Arway]

Paula wrote:

What regular expression should I write to get data from an html tag?

Example: <title> The data I want to retrieve </title>

I want to get "The data I want to retrieve"

Could be right this one? @<\s* (title)\s* > [(\s* \w+)]+ (</title>)+

Try this:

Regex regex = new Regex(@"((?:<\w+>\s*)(?<data>.+)(?:\s*</\w+>))",
RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture);

which will capture your data (and only your data) to a group named
"data", ignoring beginning and trailing whitespace.
--
Take care,
Ken
(to reply directly, remove the cool car. <sigh>)

[Ken Arway]

Ken Arway wrote:

Try this:

Regex regex = new Regex(@"((?:<\w+>\s*)(?<data>.+)(?:\s*</\w+>))",
RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture);

which will capture your data (and only your data) to a group named
"data", ignoring beginning and trailing whitespace.

Ooops, should have used non-greedy:

Regex regex = new Regex(@"((?:<\w+>\s*)(?<data>.+?)(?:\s*</\w+>))",
RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture);

--
Take care,
Ken
(to reply directly, remove the cool car. <sigh>)