Regex Question: How to search for "$"...

[Nitron]

Can someone give me an example pattern that matches: $1.25 I can't seem to figure out how to match a literal "$" as it's not a valid escape character... Thanks!

~Nitron.

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[ednrgc]

have you tried: \$\d

[Guffa]

The $ character has a special meaning in regular expression (matching the end of the string). Use \$ to match a literal $.

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[Dustin Metzgar]

Nitron wrote:

match a literal "$" as it's not a valid escape character...

As the other responses suggest, you should be able to escape the $. An alternative is to put it like this: [$]  instead of escaping it.

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[Daniel Grunwald]

You have to distinguish between Regex escape characters and C# escape characters. If you escape a character for a Regex, you have to prefix it with a \. To write a \ in C#, you'll have to add another \. So you'll have to use "\\$" or @"\$" in C#

[Ennis Ray Lynch Jr]

You may be able to just use Decimal.Parse if all you have is a money string.

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[Nitron]

Daniel Grunwald wrote:

So you'll have to use "\\$" or @"\$" in C#

ahh... that makes sense. I was getting an error with \$, saying it wasnt an escape char, but \\$ might work... I'll try it tomorrow, thanks!

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[Nitron]

That [\\$] was it! Thanks, I would have never thought of that.

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