Simple line matching using Regex
- by Joan Venge
I have this string stream:
"do=whoposted&t=1934067" rel=nofollow>61</A></TD><TD class=alt2 align=middle>5,286</TD></TR><TR><TD id=td_threadstatusicon_1911046 class=alt1><IMG id=thread_statusicon_1911046 border=0 alt="" src="http://url.com/forum/images/statusicon/thread_new.gif"> </TD><TD class=alt2><IMG title=Node border=0 alt=Node src="http://url.com/forum/images/icons/new.png"></TD><TD id=td_threadtitle_1911046 class=alt1 title="http://lulzimg.com/i14/7bd11b.jpg Complete name : cool-thread...."><DIV><A id=thread_gotonew_1911046 href="http://url.com/forum/f80/cool-topic-new/"><IMG class=inlineimg title="Go to first new post" border=0 alt="Go to first new post" src="http://url.com/forum/images/buttons/firstnew.gif"></A> [MULTI] <A style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" id=thread_title_1911046 href="http://url.com/forum/f80/cool-topic-name-1911046/">Cool Topic Name</A> </DIV><DIV class=smallfont><SPAN style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick="window.open('http://url.com/forum/members/u2031889/', '_self')">m3no</SPAN> </DIV></TD><TD class=alt2 title="Replies: 11, Views: 1,554"><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; WHITE-SPACE: nowrap" class=smallfont>Today <SPAN class=time>08:04 AM</SPAN><BR>by <A href="http://url.com/forum/members/u1131830/" rel=nofollow>karetsos</A> <A "
The lines I am interested are similar to this:
<A style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" id=thread_title_1911046 href="http://url.com/forum/f80/cool-topic-name-1911046/">Cool Topic Name</A>
From here all I am trying to extract are:
Thread id: 1911046 (could be from either location in the string)
Thread name: "Cool Topic Name"
Thread link: "http://url.com/forum/f80/cool-topic-name-1911046/"
Currently I use this:
Regex pattern = new Regex ( "<A\\s+href=\"([^\"]*)\">([^\\x00]*?)\\s+id=thread_title_(\\S+)</A>" );
MatchCollection matches = pattern.Matches ( doc.ToString ( ) );
foreach ( Match match in matches )
{
int id = Convert.ToInt32 ( match.Groups [ 1 ].Value );
string name = match.Groups [ 3 ].Value;
string link = match.Groups [ 2 ].Value;
...
}
I would appreciate if someone can help me fix the pattern to match it. This used to work but it returns 0 matches.
