Removing email addresses from a string/text......
Yeah, it sounds easy but for a RegEx dummy like me it wasn't that easy (thanks Scott). Anyway, I thought that maybe someone some where would find this useful so why not put it on my blog:
//create regex object and intialize with regex validator
Regex r = new Regex(@"[\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*@(?:[\w-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,7}");
//replace all matching instances of regex validator in string variable 'body' with brackets
string newText = r.Replace(body, "<>");
I also wanted to point everyone to a nice Regular Expression repository RegExpLib.com (created by Steven Smith) and Dan Applemans excellent Regular Expressions with .NET book.
Comments
- Anonymous
March 03, 2003
Nice one Alex ;)
Now, if you were using my cool regexSnippets tool:
http://www.flws.com.au/showusyourcode/MarkItUp.RegexSnippets.zip
You could save that pattern for a rainy day :-) - Anonymous
March 03, 2003
You might want to check out Chris Sells' RegExDesigner.Net tool, too.
http://www.sellsbrothers.com/tools/