Question

How to match the first word after an expression in a string using RegEx with VB.NET

Answer 1

Imports System
Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions

Class MatchFirstWord
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim text As String = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
        Dim expression As String = "fox"
		
        Dim regex As Regex = New Regex(expression & "\s+(\w+)")
        Dim match As Match = regex.Match(text)

        If match.Success Then
            Dim firstWord As String = match.Groups(1).Value
            Console.WriteLine($"The first word after '{expression}' is: {firstWord}")
        Else
            Console.WriteLine("No match found!")
        End If
    End Sub
End Class



' run:
'
' The first word after 'fox' is: jumps
'

 

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