using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
class MainClass {
private static void DisplayMatches(string text,string regularExpressionString) {
Console.WriteLine("using the following regular expression: " +regularExpressionString);
MatchCollection myMatchCollection = Regex.Matches(text, regularExpressionString);
foreach (Match myMatch in myMatchCollection) {
Console.WriteLine(myMatch);
}
}
public static void Main() {
string text ="put curtain pertain peiu";
Console.WriteLine("Matching words that contain the pattern 'ai' or 'ie'");
DisplayMatches(text, @"\S*(ai|ie)\S*");
}
}
Output
Matching words that contain the pattern 'ai' or 'ie'
using the following regular expression: \S*(ai|ie)\S*
curtain
pertain