Question

How to match any single character in a string using regular expression with VB.NET

Answer 1

Imports System
Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions

Public Class SingleCharacterRegularExpression
    Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
        Dim patternString As String = "b.d"
        Dim testStrings As String() = {"bud", "bid", "bed", "b d", "bat", "bd", "bead"}
        Dim regex As Regex = New Regex(patternString)

        For Each testString As String In testStrings
            Dim match As Match = regex.Match(testString)

            If match.Success Then
                Console.WriteLine(1)
            Else
                Console.WriteLine(0)
            End If
        Next
    End Sub
End Class


' run:
'
' 1
' 1
' 1
' 1
' 0
' 0
' 0
' 

 

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