Match Class (System.Text.RegularExpressions)

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Match Class

Updated: November 2007

Represents the results from a single regular expression match.

Namespace: System.Text.RegularExpressions
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<SerializableAttribute> _
Public Class Match _
    Inherits Group

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As Match

[SerializableAttribute]
public class Match : Group

Visual C++

[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class Match : public Group

/** @attribute SerializableAttribute */ 
public class Match extends Group

JScript

public class Match extends Group

Remarks

Because a single match can involve multiple capturing groups, Match has a Groups property that returns the GroupCollection. The GroupCollection has accessors that return each group. Match inherits from Group so the entire substring matched can be accessed directly. That is, the Match instance itself is equivalent to Match.Groups[0] (Match.Groups(0) in Visual Basic). The Match object is immutable and has no public constructor.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
  System.Text.RegularExpressions..::.Capture
    System.Text.RegularExpressions..::.Group
      System.Text.RegularExpressions..::.Match

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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