Using Regex to capture something from email HTML

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so i am trying to capture a specific value from email html.The part of email is,

i want to capture 9/7/2018 from email the HTML source of the part containing this date is:

<table cellspacing=
=3D=220=22 cellpadding=3D=220=22 width=3D=22200=22 border=3D=220=22 align=
=3D=22left=22 class=3D=22left innertable=22 style=3D=22background:=23ffffff=
;border-collapse:collapse; mso-table-lspace:0pt; mso-table-rspace:0pt;=22>
                                                            <tr>
                                                                <td width=
=3D=22200=22 align=3D=22left=22 valign=3D=22top=22 style=3D=22line-height:2=
2px; font-size:20px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color:=232a2a2a; text-=
decoration:none;=22>Date of Purchase:</td>
                                                            </tr>
                                                        </table>
                                   =20
                                                        <table cellspacing=
=3D=220=22 cellpadding=3D=220=22 width=3D=22288=22 border=3D=220=22 align=
=3D=22right=22 class=3D=22right innertable=22 style=3D=22background:=23ffff=
ff;border-collapse:collapse; mso-table-lspace:0pt; mso-table-rspace:0pt;=22>
                                                            <tr>
                                                                <td width=
=3D=22200=22 align=3D=22right=22 valign=3D=22top=22 style=3D=22line-height:=
22px; font-size:20px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color:=23636363; text=
-decoration:none;=22>

**9/7/2018**

</td>
                                                            </tr>
                                                        </table>
                                                       =20
                                                    </td>
                                                    <td width=3D=2250=22 cl=
ass=3D=22gutter=22></td>
                                                </tr>
                                            </table>
                                            <table cellspacing=3D=220=22 ce=
llpadding=3D=220=22 width=3D=22600=22 border=3D=220=22 class=3D=22table=22 =
style=3D=22background:=23ffffff;border-collapse:collapse; mso-table-lspace:=
0pt; mso-table-rspace:0pt;=22>
                                                <tr>
                                                    <td width=3D=2250=22 cl=
ass=3D=22gutter=22></td>

i am using c# regex match can used more than once (like for first expression we can find the whole tag containing the DATE and from second expression we can find the date from the Tag ) I tried some expressions but nothing worked for me.

You should consider a [HTML parser](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56107/what-is-the-best-way-to-parse-html-in-c) to extract values from HTML code (e.g. [HtmlAgilityPack](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35434519/parsing-html-using-agility-pack)). — Wiktor Stribiżew, Sep 10 '18 at 14:03
@RanaJawad if you change it to string, you can match it easliy like `\*\*(.+)\*\*` — The Scientific Method, Sep 10 '18 at 14:23

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 10 '18 at 14:14

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First you have to parse your html into a string.

Now you can use Regex to find you date:

MatchCollection dateFound = Regex.Matches(YOUR_STRING_NAME, "[0-9]*/[0-9]*/[0-9]{4}");

answered Sep 10 '18 at 14:14

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