System.Text.RegularExpressions - How to get numbers 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th from text

How to get numbers 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th from text

You can use capturing groups to organize and parse an expression. A non-capturing group has the first benefit, but doesn't have the overhead of the second. You can still say a non-capturing group is optional, for example. Say you want to match numeric text, but some numbers could be written as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th... If you want to capture the numeric part, but not the (optional) suffix you can use a non-capturing group. ([0-9]+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)? That will match numbers in the form 1, 2, 3... or in the form 1st, 2nd, 3rd,... but it will only capture the numeric part.

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123

456

1st

2nd

3th

234

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//.NET Regex.Match Online Tester: www.systemtextregularexpressions.com

//Namespace
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

//Regex Pattern
string pattern = @"([0-9]+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)?";

//Regex example #1
Regex r = new Regex(@"([0-9]+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)?");
Match m1 = r.Match("input text");
MatchCollection mc1 = r.Matches("input text");

//Regex example #2
Match m2 = Regex.Match("input text", @"([0-9]+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)?");
MatchCollection mc2 = Regex.Matches("input text", @"([0-9]+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)?");

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'.NET Regex.Match Online Tester: www.systemtextregularexpressions.com

'Namespace
Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions

'Regex Pattern
Dim pattern As String = "([0-9]+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)?"

'Regex example #1
Dim r As Regex = New Regex("([0-9]+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)?")
Dim m1 As Match = r.Match("input text")
Dim mc As MatchCollection = r.Matches("input text")

'Regex example #2
Dim m2 As Match = Regex.Match("input text", "([0-9]+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)?")
Dim mc2 As MatchCollection = Regex.Matches("input text", "([0-9]+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)?")

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How to get numbers 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th from text

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