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11/18/2011

MatchCollection Class

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Represents the set of successful matches found by iteratively applying a regular expression pattern to the input string.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Text.RegularExpressions.MatchCollection

Namespace: System.Text.RegularExpressions
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DefaultMemberAttribute("Item")> _
Public Class MatchCollection _
    Implements ICollection, IEnumerable

[DefaultMemberAttribute("Item")]
public class MatchCollection : ICollection, 
    IEnumerable

The MatchCollection type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Count	Gets the number of matches.
	IsReadOnly	Gets a value that indicates whether the collection is read only.
	IsSynchronized	Gets a value indicating whether access to the collection is synchronized (thread-safe).
	Item	Gets an individual member of the collection.
	SyncRoot	Gets an object that can be used to synchronize access to the collection.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	CopyTo	Copies all the elements of the collection to the given array starting at the given index.
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetEnumerator	Provides an enumerator in the same order as Item.
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Extension Methods

	Name	Description
	AsQueryable	Converts an IEnumerable to an IQueryable. (Defined by Queryable.)
	Cast<TResult>	Converts the elements of an IEnumerable to the specified type. (Defined by Enumerable.)
	OfType<TResult>	Filters the elements of an IEnumerable based on a specified type. (Defined by Enumerable.)

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Remarks

The collection is immutable (read-only) and has no public constructor. The Regex.Matches method returns a MatchCollection object.

When applying a regular expression pattern to a particular input string, the regular expression engine uses either of two techniques to build the MatchCollection object:

Direct evaluation.

The MatchCollection object is populated all at once with all matches resulting from a particular call to the Regex.Matches method. This technique is used when the collection's Count property is accessed. It typically is the more expensive method of populating the collection and entails a greater performance hit.
Lazy evaluation.

The MatchCollection object is populated as needed on a match-by-match basis. It is equivalent to the regular expression engine calling the Regex.Match method repeatedly and adding each match to the collection. This technique is used when the collection is accessed through its GetEnumerator method, or when it is accessed using the foreach statement (in C#) or the For Each...Next statement (in Visual Basic).

Examples

The following example code illustrates the use of the MatchCollection class to interrogate a set of Match instances.

Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions

Public Module Example

   Public Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
      ' Define a regular expression for repeated words.
      Dim rx As New Regex("\b(?<word>\w+)\s+(\k<word>)\b", _
                          RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)

      ' Define a test string.        
      Dim text As String = "The the quick brown fox  fox jumped over the lazy dog dog."

      ' Find matches.
      Dim matches As MatchCollection = rx.Matches(text)

      ' Report the number of matches found.
      outputBlock.Text &= String.Format("{0} matches found in:", matches.Count) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text &= String.Format("   {0}", text) & vbCrLf

      ' Report on each match.
      For Each match As Match In matches
         Dim groups As GroupCollection = match.Groups
         outputBlock.Text &= String.Format("'{0}' repeated at positions {1} and {2}", _
                           groups.Item("word").Value, _
                           groups.Item(0).Index, _
                           groups.Item(1).Index) & vbCrLf
      Next
   End Sub
End Module
' The example produces the following output:
'       3 matches found in:
'          The the quick brown fox  fox jumped over the lazy dog dog.
'       'The' repeated at positions 0 and 4
'       'fox' repeated at positions 20 and 25
'       'dog' repeated at positions 50 and 54

using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

public class Example
{

   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {

      // Define a regular expression for repeated words.
      Regex rx = new Regex(@"\b(?<word>\w+)\s+(\k<word>)\b",
                           RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);

      // Define a test string.        
      string text = "The the quick brown fox  fox jumped over the lazy dog dog.";

      // Find matches.
      MatchCollection matches = rx.Matches(text);

      // Report the number of matches found.
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0} matches found in:\n   {1}",
                        matches.Count,
                        text) + "\n";

      // Report on each match.
      foreach (Match match in matches)
      {
         GroupCollection groups = match.Groups;
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("'{0}' repeated at positions {1} and {2}",
                           groups["word"].Value,
                           groups[0].Index,
                           groups[1].Index) + "\n";
      }

   }

}
// The example produces the following output:
//       3 matches found in:
//          The the quick brown fox  fox jumped over the lazy dog dog.
//       'The' repeated at positions 0 and 4
//       'fox' repeated at positions 20 and 25
//       'dog' repeated at positions 50 and 54

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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