Regex to get the inner content from xml element

Question

I need to get the value Status. from this piece of xml:

string xml = "<value z:Id=\"8\" z:Type=\"System.String\" z:Assembly=\"0\">Status.</value>";

Regex regexFieldValue = new Regex("z:Assembly=\"0\">(?<fieldValue>[^<|\\.|.]+)</value>");

Match match = regexFieldValue.Match(xml);
if (match.Success)
{
    Group group = match.Groups["fieldValue"];
    return group.Value;
}

Tanks

The usual advice is "Use a parser" because XML isn't a regular language. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags/1732454#1732454 — Brian, Sep 26 '14 at 16:31
Yeah, but XML parsers are so boring and easy to use. It's much cooler to write some incomprehensible regular expression. — Jim Mischel, Sep 26 '14 at 16:53

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 26 '14 at 16:31

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[^<|\\.|.]+ won't do as you expected. So change this to [^<>]+ in your regex.

z:Assembly=\"0\">(?<fieldValue>[^<>]+)</value>

DEMO

answered Sep 26 '14 at 16:31

Avinash Raj

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 26 '14 at 16:37

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z:Assembly=\\"0\\">(?<fieldValue>(?:(?!<\/value>).)*)<\/value>

Try this.see demo.

http://regex101.com/r/lS5tT3/60

answered Sep 26 '14 at 16:37

vks

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Regex to get the inner content from xml element

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