In c# I have a regex and I can't get my head around why it is not matching.
The pattern (abc\r\n)* should match the abc\r\nabc\r\n in the string 123\r\nabc\r\nabc\r\n345
Regex regex = new Regex("(abc\r\n)*", RegexOptions.Compiled);
var mat = regex.Match("123\r\nabc\r\nabc\r\n345");
The funny thing is that mat.Success returns true.
The same pattern matches online
The Match method works as expected.
Actually the pattern (abc\r\n)* will find 12 matches. The Match method returns to you the first match only which is an empty string.
So that if you are looking to match abc\r\nabc\r\n exactly you should use this pattern:
Regex regex = new Regex("(abc\r\nabc\r\n)", RegexOptions.Compiled);
if you like to match all abc\r\n you should use:
Regex regex = new Regex("(abc\r\n)", RegexOptions.Compiled);
var mat = regex.Matches("123\r\nabc\r\nabc\r\n345");
And so on, bottom line is that the problem is in the pattern itself.
