How to remove specific (unicode) characters in a String using C# and VB.NET

September 25, 2015

Here is an example on how to remove specific (unicode) characters in a String using C# and VB.NET

Samples

C# Sample

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode;
            const string unicodeText = @" Ё Ђ Ѓ п р с т у ф х ц ч ";
            const string pattern = @"\u0444";
            const string patternMulti = @"\u0444|\u0401"; 
            string result = String.Empty;

            Console.WriteLine("### SINGLE REPLACE ####");
            result = Regex.Replace(unicodeText, pattern, "HELLO", RegexOptions.Compiled);
            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Text before: {0}",unicodeText));
            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Text after: {0}", result));
            Console.WriteLine("### MULTI REPLACE ####");
            result = Regex.Replace(unicodeText, patternMulti, "HELLO", RegexOptions.Compiled);
            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Text before: {0}", unicodeText));
            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Text after: {0}", result));
            
            Console.Read();
        }

static void Main(string[] args)

{

Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode;

const string unicodeText = @" Ё Ђ Ѓ п р с т у ф х ц ч ";

const string pattern = @"\u0444";

const string patternMulti = @"\u0444|\u0401";

string result = String.Empty;

Console.WriteLine("### SINGLE REPLACE ####");

result = Regex.Replace(unicodeText, pattern, "HELLO", RegexOptions.Compiled);

Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Text before: {0}",unicodeText));

Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Text after: {0}", result));

Console.WriteLine("### MULTI REPLACE ####");

result = Regex.Replace(unicodeText, patternMulti, "HELLO", RegexOptions.Compiled);

Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Text before: {0}", unicodeText));

Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Text after: {0}", result));

Console.Read();

}

VB.NET Sample

Sub Main(args As String())
             Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode
             Const  unicodeText As String = " Ё Ђ Ѓ п р с т у ф х ц ч "
             Const  pattern As String = "\u0444"
             Const  patternMulti As String = "\u0444|\u0401"
             Dim result As String = [String].Empty

             Console.WriteLine("### SINGLE REPLACE ####")
             result = Regex.Replace(unicodeText, pattern, "HELLO", RegexOptions.Compiled)
             Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Text before: {0}", unicodeText))
             Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Text after: {0}", result))
             Console.WriteLine("### MULTI REPLACE ####")
             result = Regex.Replace(unicodeText, patternMulti, "HELLO", RegexOptions.Compiled)
             Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Text before: {0}", unicodeText))
             Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Text after: {0}", result))

             Console.Read()
       End Sub

Sub Main(args As String())

Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode

Const unicodeText As String = " Ё Ђ Ѓ п р с т у ф х ц ч "

Const pattern As String = "\u0444"

Const patternMulti As String = "\u0444|\u0401"

Dim result As String = [String].Empty

Console.WriteLine("### SINGLE REPLACE ####")

result = Regex.Replace(unicodeText, pattern, "HELLO", RegexOptions.Compiled)

Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Text before: {0}", unicodeText))

Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Text after: {0}", result))

Console.WriteLine("### MULTI REPLACE ####")

result = Regex.Replace(unicodeText, patternMulti, "HELLO", RegexOptions.Compiled)

Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Text before: {0}", unicodeText))

Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Text after: {0}", result))

Console.Read()

End Sub

Result

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How to match strings using wildcards in C# and VB.NET

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June 17, 2015

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To match strings using wildcards in C# and VB.NET you can use the following snippet.
It will internally convert the wildcard string to a Regex.

The Console-Output of this sample will be:

C:\Test\myFile01.xml
C:\Test\myFile02.xml

Sample C#

#region

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

#endregion

namespace de.fesslersoft.RegexWildCard
{
    internal class Program
    {
        private static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var fileList = new List<String>();
            fileList.Add(@"C:\Test\myFile01.xml");
            fileList.Add(@"C:\Test\myFile02.xml");
            fileList.Add(@"C:\Test\myFolder01.xml");
            fileList.Add(@"C:\Test\myFolder02.xml");

            var wildCard = new Wildcard("*File*.xml", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
            foreach (var file in fileList.Where(file => wildCard.IsMatch(file)))
            {
                Console.WriteLine(file);
            }
            Console.Read();
        }
    }


    public class Wildcard : Regex
    {
        public Wildcard(string pattern) : base(ToRegex(pattern))
        {
        }

        public Wildcard(string pattern, RegexOptions options) : base(ToRegex(pattern), options)
        {
        }

        public static string ToRegex(string pattern)
        {
            return "^" + Escape(pattern).Replace("\\*", ".*").Replace("\\?", ".") + "$";
        }
    }
}

Sample VB.NET (autoconverted)

#Region ""

Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions

#End Region

Namespace de.fesslersoft.RegexWildCard
	Friend Class Program
		Private Shared Sub Main(args As String())
			Dim fileList = New List(Of [String])()
			fileList.Add("C:\Test\myFile01.xml")
			fileList.Add("C:\Test\myFile02.xml")
			fileList.Add("C:\Test\myFolder01.xml")
			fileList.Add("C:\Test\myFolder02.xml")

			Dim wildCard = New Wildcard("*File*.xml", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)
			For Each file As var In fileList.Where(Function(file) wildCard.IsMatch(file))
				Console.WriteLine(file)
			Next
			Console.Read()
		End Sub
	End Class


	Public Class Wildcard
		Inherits Regex
		Public Sub New(pattern As String)
			MyBase.New(ToRegex(pattern))
		End Sub

		Public Sub New(pattern As String, options As RegexOptions)
			MyBase.New(ToRegex(pattern), options)
		End Sub

		Public Shared Function ToRegex(pattern As String) As String
			Return "^" + Escape(pattern).Replace("\*", ".*").Replace("\?", ".") + "$"
		End Function
	End Class
End Namespace

How to get the Youtube VideoId from Url in C# and VB.NET

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January 26, 2015

4 Comments

To get the Youtube VideoId from an Url in C# and VB.NET you can use the following snippet.
It matches these 18 type of Youtube Links (Sample Data):

Sample Input

http://youtu.be/AAAAAAAAA01

http://www.youtube.com/embed/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AAAAAAAAA02

http://www.youtube.com/embed/watch?v=AAAAAAAAA03

http://www.youtube.com/embed/v=AAAAAAAAA04

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAA06

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAA07

www.youtu.be/AAAAAAAAA08

youtu.be/AAAAAAAAA09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AAAAAAAAA05

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-AAAAAAA14&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?u=/watch?v=AAAAAAAAA15&feature=share&a=9QlmP1yvjcllp0h3l0NwuA

http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=fF1CWYwxCQ4&u=/watch?v=AAAAAAAAA16&feature=em-uploademail

http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=fF1CWYwxCQ4&feature=em-uploademail&u=/watch?v=AAAAAAAAA17

http://www.youtube.com/v/A-AAAAAAA18?fs=1&rel=0

youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAA10

http://www.youtube.com/watch/AAAAAAAAA11

http://www.youtube.com/v/AAAAAAAAA12

http://www.youtube.com/v/AAAAAAAAA13

Sample C#

using System.Linq;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace de.fesslersoft.YoutubeRegexTest
{
    internal static class Youtube
    {
        private const string YoutubeLinkRegex = "(?:.+?)?(?:\\/v\\/|watch\\/|\\?v=|\\&v=|youtu\\.be\\/|\\/v=|^youtu\\.be\\/)([a-zA-Z0-9_-]{11})+";

        internal static string GetVideoId(string input)
        {
            var regex = new Regex(YoutubeLinkRegex, RegexOptions.Compiled);
            foreach (Match match in regex.Matches(input))
            {
                //Console.WriteLine(match);
                foreach (var groupdata in match.Groups.Cast<Group>().Where(groupdata => !groupdata.ToString().StartsWith("http://") && !groupdata.ToString().StartsWith("https://") && !groupdata.ToString().StartsWith("youtu") && !groupdata.ToString().StartsWith("www.")))
                {
                    return groupdata.ToString();
                }
            }
            return string.Empty;
        }
    }
}

Sample VB.NET

Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
 
Namespace de.fesslersoft.YoutubeRegexTest
    Friend NotInheritable Class Youtube
        Private Sub New()
        End Sub
        Private Const YoutubeLinkRegex As String = "(?:.+?)?(?:\/v\/|watch\/|\?v=|\&v=|youtu\.be\/|\/v=|^youtu\.be\/)([a-zA-Z0-9_-]{11})+"
 
        Friend Shared Function GetVideoId(input As String) As String
            Dim regex = New Regex(YoutubeLinkRegex, RegexOptions.Compiled)
            For Each match As Match In regex.Matches(input)
                For Each data As Group In match.Groups.Cast(Of Group)().Where(Function(groupdata) Not groupdata.ToString().StartsWith("http://") AndAlso Not groupdata.ToString().StartsWith("https://") AndAlso Not groupdata.ToString().StartsWith("youtu") AndAlso Not groupdata.ToString().StartsWith("www."))
                    Return data.ToString()
                Next
            Next
            Return String.Empty
        End Function
    End Class
End Namespace

Output / Sample

var urlList = new List<String>
{
	"http://youtu.be/AAAAAAAAA01",
	"http://www.youtube.com/embed/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AAAAAAAAA02",
	"http://www.youtube.com/embed/watch?v=AAAAAAAAA03",
	"http://www.youtube.com/embed/v=AAAAAAAAA04",
	"http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AAAAAAAAA05",
	"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAA06",
	"www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAA07",
	"www.youtu.be/AAAAAAAAA08",
	"youtu.be/AAAAAAAAA09",
	"youtube.com/watch?v=AAAAAAAAA10",
	"http://www.youtube.com/watch/AAAAAAAAA11",
	"http://www.youtube.com/v/AAAAAAAAA12",
	"http://www.youtube.com/v/AAAAAAAAA13",
	"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-AAAAAAA14&feature=related",
	"http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?u=/watch?v=AAAAAAAAA15&feature=share&a=9QlmP1yvjcllp0h3l0NwuA",
	"http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=fF1CWYwxCQ4&u=/watch?v=AAAAAAAAA16&feature=em-uploademail",
	"http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=fF1CWYwxCQ4&feature=em-uploademail&u=/watch?v=AAAAAAAAA17",
	"http://www.youtube.com/v/A-AAAAAAA18?fs=1&rel=0"
};

foreach (var entry in urlList)
{
	Console.WriteLine(Youtube.GetVideoId(entry));
}
Console.Read();

will result in the follwing output:

Youtube VideoId Regex Console Window Output

A simpler but less matching solution can be found here: How to get the VideoID of a youtube video using Regex

How to get the VideoID of a youtube video using Regex

Administrator

June 24, 2014

1 Comment

To get the VideoID of a youtube video using Regex you can use the following snippet.

Sample Regex

^(?:http(?:s)?:\/\/)?(?:www\.)?(?:youtu\.be\/|youtube\.[a-zA-Z]{1,3}\/(?:(?:watch)?\?(?:.*&)?v(?:i)?=|(?:embed|v|vi|user)\/))([^\?&\”‘>]+)

This will match the Vl1tVxfFf1A in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl1tVxfFf1A.

A more complex regex matching more youtube link variants can be found How to get the Youtube VideoId from Url in C# and VB.NET

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How to match strings using wildcards in C# and VB.NET

Sample C#

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How to get the Youtube VideoId from Url in C# and VB.NET

Sample Input

Sample C#

Sample VB.NET

Output / Sample

How to get the VideoID of a youtube video using Regex

Sample Regex