C# >
Text >
RegularExpressions >
IsMatch
Regex IsMatch method indicates whether the regular expression specified finds a match in a specified input string.
Example:
string[] partNumbers = { "1298-6736","343434" };
Regex rgx = new Regex(@"^[a-zA-Z0-9-]*-[a-zA-Z0-9]*$");
foreach (string partNumber in partNumbers)
if (rgx.IsMatch(partNumber))
MessageBox.Show (partNumber);
Pattern
^ begin the match at the beginning of the line.
[a-zA-Z0-9] match a single alphabetic character (a through z or A through Z) or numeric character. - match a hyphen
* must be zero or more of these characters
$ end the match at the end of the line