SubDocument.StartSearch(Regex) Method

Provides a search interface for a search in the document, using a regular expression pattern.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

IRegexSearchResult StartSearch(
    Regex regex
)

VB.NET

Function StartSearch(
    regex As Regex
) As IRegexSearchResult

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
regex	Regex	A Regex object representing a search pattern.

Returns

Type	Description
IRegexSearchResult	An IRegexSearchResult interface used to perform a search.

Example

The following code illustrates how to find and parse dates in US format using Regular Expression pattern matching:

SearchAndReplace.cs

document.AppendText("12\\14\\2014" + Environment.NewLine);
IRegexSearchResult result;
string pattern = @"(?<mm>\d{2}).(?<dd>\d{2}).(?<yyyy>\d{4})";
System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex myRegEx = 
    new System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex(pattern);

result = document.StartSearch(myRegEx);
if (result.FindNext())
{
    string dayFound = result.Match.Groups[2].Value;
    string monthFound = result.Match.Groups[1].Value;
    string yearFound = result.Match.Groups[3].Value;
    document.AppendText(String.Format("Found a date that is the {0} day of the {1} month of the {2} year.",
        dayFound, monthFound, yearFound));
}

SearchAndReplace.vb

document.AppendText("12\14\2014" & Environment.NewLine)
Dim result As IRegexSearchResult
Dim pattern As String = "(?<mm>\d{2}).(?<dd>\d{2}).(?<yyyy>\d{4})"
Dim myRegEx As New System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex(pattern)

result = document.StartSearch(myRegEx)
If result.FindNext() Then
    Dim dayFound As String = result.Match.Groups(2).Value
    Dim monthFound As String = result.Match.Groups(1).Value
    Dim yearFound As String = result.Match.Groups(3).Value
    document.AppendText(String.Format("Found a date that is the {0} day of the {1} month of the {2} year.", dayFound, monthFound, yearFound))
End If

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

wpf-richedit-document-api/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/SearchAndReplaceActions.cs#L45

result = document.StartSearch(myRegEx);
if (result.FindNext())

winforms-richedit-document-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/SearchAndReplace.cs#L45

result = document.StartSearch(myRegEx);
if (result.FindNext())

VB.NET

wpf-richedit-document-api/VB/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/SearchAndReplaceActions.vb#L36

result = document.StartSearch(myRegEx)
If result.FindNext() Then

winforms-richedit-document-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/SearchAndReplace.vb#L39

Dim myRegEx As System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex = New System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex(pattern)
result = document.StartSearch(myRegEx)
If result.FindNext() Then