Need help with Regex Patterns

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I'm making an HTML editor in visual c#. But i need a regular expression pattern for finding html tags( "<>" and "<(slash)>") for code folding. There could be anything between those "<>". I'm using a textbox control called FastColoredTextBox by Pavel Torgashov.

It's 9:45 in my place. I'm having cold and my heads paining. Fast reply would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
-TheKingofdemon33

Posted 18-Oct-13 7:49am

TheKingofdemon33

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Although you have solved your problem I am posting this to help those wanting to better use RegEx. A very helpful site is regexlib[^]; they have a large library of Regular Expressions. They also have a RegEx tester[^]. Also a very useful RegEx tool is available here.

Posted 18-Oct-13 10:51am

BillW33

Solution 1

Try this regex:

<(.+?)>

[EDIT]

If you want two regexes, then this is the first one, for finding <tag>

<[^/>]+>

And this is the second one, for finding </tag>

<\s*/[^>]+>

Posted 18-Oct-13 7:55am

Thomas Daniels

Updated 18-Oct-13 8:11am

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TheKingofdemon33 18-Oct-13 14:15pm

No. I have one for find "<>" and "<>". I want for "<>" and "</>"
Code(that i have):
range.SetFoldingMarkers(@"<|/>|", @"<|/>|");

Thomas Daniels 18-Oct-13 14:21pm

I gave you one to find <tag> and </tag>
The first regex is to find <tag> and the second is to find </tag>

TheKingofdemon33 18-Oct-13 14:32pm

Errors
Error 1: Unrecognized escape sequence C:\Users\User\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\CSharp HTML Editor\CSharp HTML Editor\Form1.cs
Line:130
Column: 52
Project: CSharp HTML Editor

Thomas Daniels 19-Oct-13 12:49pm

You need to escape the backslash:
<\\s*/[^>]+>
Just replace the backslash with two backslashes.

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TheKingofdemon33 · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-18T08:36:00

Solution 3

I Solved this Question.
I used the in-built HTML highlighter and put an override for the highlighting of the words i needed. It had the code folding by default;

Posted 18-Oct-13 8:36am

TheKingofdemon33