C# string splitting elegant solution

Question

Looking for advice and elegant solution extracting properties and values into any convenient data structure.

Text="{Binding Path=SelectedValue,Mode=TwoWay}"

Solution is to having something sort of:

 List<string1, string2> where string1=Path, string2=SelectedValue

EDIT:

is it possible to make it GENERIC, to understand both ways current one and:

Command="{Binding ExecuteSearchCommand}

you want to dynamically generate bindings based on a list of paths? — mmix, Feb 23 '12 at 12:09
This looks like a [XAML binding](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms752300.aspx). Is it? If so, do you need to be able to parse the whole possible set of values or just the explicit example you give? — Christian.K, Feb 23 '12 at 12:22

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '12 at 12:06

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Use:

var result = Regex.Matches(input, @"(\w+)=(\w+)").Cast<Match>()
    .Select(m => new 
        { 
            Property = m.Groups[1].Value, 
            Value = m.Groups[2].Value 
        });

answered Feb 23 '12 at 12:06

Kirill Polishchuk

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Wouldn't group 1 be "Path=SelectedValue,Mode"? Regexes are greedy by default (at least in Perl). – m0skit0 Feb 23 '12 at 12:10
@m0skit0, `\w` is alphanumeric or underscore. Therefore it won't match `,`. – Kirill Polishchuk Feb 23 '12 at 12:11
Granted, the OP didn't tell yet, but if this is indeed about [XAML bindings](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms752300.aspx#Path_Syntax), there is much more than "\w+" to consider as key/value. – Christian.K Feb 23 '12 at 12:24
@Christian.K, Right. Something like `[^=]` instead of `\w` – Kirill Polishchuk Feb 23 '12 at 12:27
Actually is it possible to make it generic? say understand both ways, current one and Command="{Binding ExecuteSearchCommand} – Wild Goat Feb 23 '12 at 13:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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If you have an option to reformat your string slightly so it matches the JSON spec (i.e. replace your = with :, then you could use one of the following techniques):

Parsing JSON using Json.net

Parse JSON in C#

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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answered Feb 23 '12 at 12:06

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