[c#] c# regex matches example

It looks like most of post here described what you need here. However - something you might need more complex behavior - depending on what you're parsing. In your case it might be so that you won't need more complex parsing - but it depends what information you're extracting.

You can use regex groups as field name in class, after which could be written for example like this:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

public class Info
{
    public String Identifier;
    public char nextChar;
};

class testRegex {

    const string input = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit %download%#456 amet, consectetur adipiscing %download%#3434 elit. " +
    "Duis non nunc nec mauris feugiat porttitor. Sed tincidunt blandit dui a viverra%download%#298. Aenean dapibus nisl %download%#893434 id nibh auctor vel tempor velit blandit.";

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Regex regex = new Regex(@"%download%#(?<Identifier>[0-9]*)(?<nextChar>.)(?<thisCharIsNotNeeded>.)");
        List<Info> infos = new List<Info>();

        foreach (Match match in regex.Matches(input))
        {
            Info info = new Info();
            for( int i = 1; i < regex.GetGroupNames().Length; i++ )
            {
                String groupName = regex.GetGroupNames()[i];

                FieldInfo fi = info.GetType().GetField(regex.GetGroupNames()[i]);

                if( fi != null ) // Field is non-public or does not exists.
                    fi.SetValue( info, Convert.ChangeType( match.Groups[groupName].Value, fi.FieldType));
            }
            infos.Add(info);
        }

        foreach ( var info in infos )
        {
            Console.WriteLine(info.Identifier + " followed by '" + info.nextChar.ToString() + "'");
        }
    }

};

This mechanism uses C# reflection to set value to class. group name is matched against field name in class instance. Please note that Convert.ChangeType won't accept any kind of garbage.

If you want to add tracking of line / column - you can add extra Regex split for lines, but in order to keep for loop intact - all match patterns must have named groups. (Otherwise column index will be calculated incorrectly)

This will results in following output:

456 followed by ' '
3434 followed by ' '
298 followed by '.'
893434 followed by ' '