Get List with regex from docx content

Asked Nov 14 '16 at 08:45

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I have a doc which I load with interop. I need to find match content with a regex. Some words in the doc are between $$ : $$theWord$$ So I need to get all of them for displaying to user and know what he wants to set for replace.

object fileName = System.IO.Path.Combine(templatePath, pj.Nom);
object missing = Type.Missing;
Application word = new Application();
Document doc = word.Documents.Open(ref fileName, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
                                                ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
                                                ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);
doc.Activate();
string content = ((dynamic)doc).Content.Text;
Regex regex = new Regex(@"\$\$.*\$\$$", RegexOptions.Multiline);

List<string> tags = regex.Matches(content).Cast<string>().ToList();

The problem is my regex get only one word who begin on the first && found and finish on the last...

Please help me, I hate regex :(

asked Nov 14 '16 at 08:45

Shadam

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Use `@"\$\$.*?\$\$"` (or if you really need to match them at the end of lines, keep the last `$` in the pattern). – Wiktor Stribiżew Nov 14 '16 at 08:47
Thanks a lot @WiktorStribiżew, I love you ! – Shadam Nov 14 '16 at 09:02
@WiktorStribiżew could you explain why the `?` exactly makes it work? – Mong Zhu Nov 14 '16 at 09:02
@MongZhu It takes all characters but no break line – Shadam Nov 14 '16 at 09:03
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`.*?` is a lazy version of `.*`, see [their difference](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2301285/what-do-lazy-and-greedy-mean-in-the-context-of-regular-expressions) here. – Wiktor Stribiżew Nov 14 '16 at 09:06
@WiktorStribiżew Great Link, helped me a lot. Thank you – Mong Zhu Nov 14 '16 at 09:24

Get List with regex from docx content

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