Regular expression to match a file name like this

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

Hi All,

I need a regular expression in C#, for string which starts with W then "00" then 5 numbers, after that it can be letters or numbers but something will be there. This W00 and 5 numbers is every important.

Just like all the strings which match, either this: W00235678MCHWIL or this: W002356782158

Its little bit urgent.

Thanks in advance please

What I have tried:

Searching online asking friends etc

Posted 3-Nov-16 10:14am

indian143

Updated 7-Nov-16 5:37am

v2

Add a Solution

4 solutions

Solution 4

Thanks all, I combined all your suggestions got my problem resolved thank you very much friends.

Posted 7-Nov-16 5:37am

indian143

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Richard Deeming · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-03T10:21:00

Solution 1

Try something like:

^W00\d{5}.

Regexper[^]
Regular Expression Language - Quick Reference[^]

Posted 3-Nov-16 10:21am

Richard Deeming

Michael_Davies · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-03T10:22:00

Solution 2

Try this article;

The 30 Minute Regex Tutorial[^]

Posted 3-Nov-16 10:22am

Michael_Davies

Patrice T · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-03T10:38:00

Here is a link to RegEx documentation:
perlre - perldoc.perl.org[^]
Here is links to tools to help build RegEx and debug them:
.NET Regex Tester - Regex Storm[^]
Expresso Regular Expression Tool[^]
This one show you the RegEx as a nice graph which is really helpful to understand what is doing a RegEx:
Debuggex: Online visual regex tester. JavaScript, Python, and PCRE.[^]