I am passing a correct string formate but its not return true.
string dimensionsString= "13.5 inches high x 11.42 inches wide x 16.26 inches deep";
// or 10.1 x 12.5 x 30.9 inches
// or 10.1 x 12.5 x 30.9 inches ; 3.2 pounds
Regex rgxFormat = new Regex(@"^([0-9\.]+) ([a-z]+) x ([0-9\.]+) ([a-z]+) x ([0-9\.]+) ([a-z]+)( ; ([0-9\.]+) ([a-z]+))?$");
if (rgxFormat.IsMatch(dimensionsString))
{
//match
}
I can't understand whats wrong with code ?
Your pattern only accounts for single words after the numbers. Allow any number of symbols there (with .* or .*?) to fix the pattern:
^([0-9.]+) (.*?) x ([0-9\.]+) (.*?) x ([0-9.]+) (.*?)( ; ([0-9.]+) (.*))?$
See the regex demo.
Note that the last .* is used with a greedy quantifier since it is the last unknown bit in the string (to match all the rest of the string). The .*? are non-greedy versions that match as few occurrences of any char but a newline as possible.
Replace regular spaces with \s to match any kind of whitespace if necessary.
" ([a-z]+)". However, what are the pattern requirements? Is the number of words fixed?(.*?). Try^([0-9.]+) (.*?) x ([0-9\.]+) (.*?) x ([0-9.]+) (.*?)( ; ([0-9.]+) (.*))?$, see this demo.