how to ignore spaces in c# regex

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what is the c# equivalent of /x in perl for regex, so the /x at the end would ignore all the whitespaces newlines and whatnot in your regex expression. Otherwise, my expression would be a giant one liner instead of a little block. Any other way around it?

SLaks · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-28 15:53:17Z

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You're looking for RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace.

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David Pfeffer · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-28 15:53:54Z

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There's an option you can specify when constructing the Regex:

new Regex("...expression here...", RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace)

Since RegexOptions is a flag type, you can binary-OR this flag with any existing flags you may specify.

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kenchilada · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-28 15:54:54Z

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The /x inline character is supported. See here.

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