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Learn C# in 7 days

You're reading from   Learn C# in 7 days Get up and running with C# 7 with async main, tuples, pattern matching, LINQ, regex, indexers, and more

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787287044
Length 306 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface
1. Day 01 - Overview of the .NET Framework FREE CHAPTER 2. Day 02 - Getting Started with C# 3. Day 03 - What's New in C# 4. Day 04 - Discussing C# Class Members 5. Day 05 - Overview of Reflection and Collections 6. Day 06 - Deep Dive with Advanced Concepts 7. Day 07 - Understanding Object-Oriented Programming with C# 8. Day 08 - Test Your Skills – Build a Real-World Application

Discussing a regular expression and its importance


A regular expression or pattern matching is nothing but a way in which we can check whether an input string is correct or not. This is possible with the use of the Regex class of the System.Text.RegularExpressions namespace.

The Importance of a regular expression

Pattern matching is very important while we are working to validate text input. Here, regular expression plays an important role.

Flexible

Patterns are very flexible and provide us with a way to make our own pattern to validate the input.

Constructs

There are various constructs that help us define the regular expression. Hence, we need to make them important in our programming where we need validated input. These constructs are character classes, character escapes, quantifiers, and so on.

Special characters

There is a huge usage of regular expressions in our day-to-day programmings and that why regular expressions are important. Here are various scenarios as per their usage, where special...

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