C# Regex.Split

Question

I have a particular problem in complex string:

string mode:

     Description,Title,ContentFooterLeft[JE_Boxes: Identifier,Box,Namespace,Title,Channels,PriorityChannels,ForceChannel,SingleQuery,Template,Elements[JE_Example: Lead],LastNews[JE_Article: Lead, Galeria [JE_Gallery: Title,Banner [JE_Banner: Title],],],],Keywords

Tree mode:

Description,
Title,
ContentFooterLeft
    [
        JE_Boxes: 
                Identifier,
                Box,
                Namespace,
                Title,
                Channels,
                PriorityChannels,
                ForceChannel,
                SingleQuery,
                Template,
                Elements
                    [
                        JE_Example:
                                Lead
                    ],
                LastNews
                    [
                        JE_Article: 
                                Lead,
                                Galeria
                                    [
                                        JE_Gallery:
                                                Title,
                                                Banner 
                                                    [
                                                        JE_Banner: 
                                                                Title
                                                    ],
                                    ],
                    ],
    ],
Keywords

And my objective with Regex.Split its something like this:

1º [Step] Call function:

Regex.Split("Description,Title,ContentFooterLeft[JE_Boxes: Identifier,Box,Namespace,Title,Channels,PriorityChannels,ForceChannel,SingleQuery,Template,Elements[JE_Example: Lead],LastNews[JE_Article: Lead, Galeria [JE_Gallery: Title,Banner [JE_Banner: Title],],],],Keywords", "Regex expression")

1º Result:

Description
Title
ContentFooterLeft[JE_Boxes:Identifier,Box,Namespace,Title,Channels,PriorityChannels,ForceChannel,SingleQuery,Template,Elements[JE_Example: Lead],LastNews[JE_Article: Lead, Galeria [JE_Gallery: Title,Banner [JE_Banner: Title],],],]
Keywords

2º [Step] Call function:

Regex.Split("ContentFooterLeft[JE_Boxes:Identifier,Box,Namespace,Title,Channels,PriorityChannels,ForceChannel,SingleQuery,Template,Elements[JE_Example: Lead],LastNews[JE_Article: Lead, Galeria [JE_Gallery: Title,Banner [JE_Banner: Title],],],]", "Regex expression")

2º Result:

JE_Boxes
Identifier
Box
Namespace
Title
Channels
PriorityChannels
ForceChannel
SingleQuery
Template
Elements[JE_Example: Lead]
LastNews[JE_Article: Lead, Galeria [JE_Gallery: Title,Banner [JE_Banner: Title],],]

3º [Step] Call function:

Regex.Split("Elements[JE_Example: Lead]", "Regex expression")
Regex.Split("LastNews[JE_Article: Lead, Galeria [JE_Gallery: Title,Banner [JE_Banner: Title],],]", "Regex expression")

3º Result:

JE_Example
Lead

AND

JE_Article
Lead
Galeria [JE_Gallery: Title,Banner [JE_Banner: Title],]

4º [Step] Call function:

Regex.Split("Galeria [JE_Gallery: Title,Banner [JE_Banner: Title],]", "Regex expression")

4º Result:

JE_Gallery
Title
Banner [JE_Banner: Title]

5º [Step] Call function:

Regex.Split("Banner [JE_Banner: Title]", "Regex expression")

5º Result:

JE_Banner
Title

Obvious when i know the regular(s) expression(s) i will make this in a recursive method... Sorry for my long text, but this is the best way to present my problem...

that's a lot of details, but I'm afraid I can't find what the question is. could you clarify? — Mat
– Mat, Commented May 20, 2011 at 11:17

Paolo Tedesco · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-20 11:32:25Z

1

I think that in this case it might actually be easier to write a parser than a regular expression. You could use Irony, which is an excellent and easy to use library.

answered May 20, 2011 at 11:32

Paolo Tedesco

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Vladislav Zorov Over a year ago

Thanks, this was my "Did you know?" moment of the day :)

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