C# with regex from HTML read version data

Question

This is my HTML tag as string

<span class="version">Version: DEV</span>

Now I would like to read version "DEV" back with regex

I try with:

 Regex regex = new Regex("\"version\">Version:\\s*([^\\s<]+)\\s*</");
 Match match = regex.Match(data);

but regex is always False and I don't get data back

this http://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454/860585 – Rotem Oct 08 '15 at 10:24 — Rotem, Oct 08 '15 at 10:24
Just remove the last part: , or escape /. It may be <\\/ – lilezek Oct 08 '15 at 10:27 — lilezek, Oct 08 '15 at 10:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 08 '15 at 11:37

I believe you have an extra < in your capture ([^\\s<]+). If you want to capture word characters, I find it easier to use \w versus negating whitespace [^\s]+.

Expression alone, no escapes:

"version">Version:\s*(\w+)\s*</span>

C#:

Regex regex = new Regex("\"version\">Version:\\s*(\\w+)\\s*</span>");

C# with regex from HTML read version data

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