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Searches the input string for the first occurrence of a regular expression, beginning at the specified starting position in the string.
Namespace: System.Text.RegularExpressions
Assembly: System.Text.RegularExpressions (in System.Text.RegularExpressions.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Function Match ( _
input As String, _
startat As Integer _
) As Match
public Match Match(
string input,
int startat
)
public:
Match^ Match(
String^ input,
int startat
)
member Match :
input:string *
startat:int -> Match
public function Match(
input : String,
startat : int
) : Match
Parameters
- input
Type: System. . :: . .String
The string to search for a match.
- startat
Type: System. . :: . .Int32
The zero-based character position at which to start the search.
Return Value
Type: System.Text.RegularExpressions. . :: . .Match
An object that contains information about the match.
Remarks
The Match(String, Int32) method returns the first substring that matches a regular expression pattern, starting at or after the startat character position, in an input string.
The regular expression pattern for which the Match(String, Int32) method searches is defined by the call to one of the Regex class constructors.
You can optionally specify a starting position in the string by using the startat parameter. When the regular expression engine parses from left to right (the default), the match and the scan move rightward, starting at the character specified in startat. When the regular expression engine parses from right to left (when the regular expression pattern is constructed with the RegexOptions.RightToLeft option), the match and scan move in the opposite direction and begin with the character at startat -1. If you do not specify a starting position, the search begins at the default startat position. If the regular expression searches from left to right, the default startat position is at the left end of input; if it searches from right to left, the default startat position is at the right end of input.
If you want to restrict a match so that it begins at a particular character position in the string and the regular expression engine does not scan the remainder of the string for a match, anchor the regular expression with a \G (at the left for a left-to-right pattern, or at the right for a right-to-left pattern). This restricts the match so it must start exactly at startat.
You can determine whether the regular expression pattern has been found in the input string by checking the value of the returned Match object's Success property. If a match is found, the returned Match object's Value property contains the substring from input that matches the regular expression pattern. If no match is found, its value is String..::..Empty.
This method returns the first substring found at or after the startat character position in input that matches the regular expression pattern. You can retrieve subsequent matches by repeatedly calling the returned Match object's Match..::..NextMatch method. You can also retrieve all matches in a single method call by calling the Regex..::..Matches(String, Int32) method.
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.