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// <Snippet1>
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
public class Example
{
public static void Main()
{
// Define text to be parsed.
string input = "Office expenses on 2/13/2008:\n" +
"Paper (500 sheets) $3.95\n" +
"Pencils (box of 10) $1.00\n" +
"Pens (box of 10) $4.49\n" +
"Erasers $2.19\n" +
"Ink jet printer $69.95\n\n" +
"Total Expenses $ 81.58\n";
// Get current culture's NumberFormatInfo object.
NumberFormatInfo nfi = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat;
// Assign needed property values to variables.
string currencySymbol = nfi.CurrencySymbol;
bool symbolPrecedesIfPositive = nfi.CurrencyPositivePattern % 2 == 0;
string groupSeparator = nfi.CurrencyGroupSeparator;
string decimalSeparator = nfi.CurrencyDecimalSeparator;
// Form regular expression pattern.
string pattern = Regex.Escape( symbolPrecedesIfPositive ? currencySymbol : "") +
@"\s*[-+]?" + "([0-9]{0,3}(" + groupSeparator + "[0-9]{3})*(" +
Regex.Escape(decimalSeparator) + "[0-9]+)?)" +
(! symbolPrecedesIfPositive ? currencySymbol : "");
Console.WriteLine( "The regular expression pattern is:");
Console.WriteLine(" " + pattern);
// Get text that matches regular expression pattern.
MatchCollection matches = Regex.Matches(input, pattern,
RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace);
Console.WriteLine("Found {0} matches.", matches.Count);
// Get numeric string, convert it to a value, and add it to List object.
List<decimal> expenses = new List<Decimal>();
foreach (Match match in matches)
expenses.Add(Decimal.Parse(match.Groups[1].Value));
// Determine whether total is present and if present, whether it is correct.
decimal total = 0;
foreach (decimal value in expenses)
total += value;
if (total / 2 == expenses[expenses.Count - 1])
Console.WriteLine("The expenses total {0:C2}.", expenses[expenses.Count - 1]);
else
Console.WriteLine("The expenses total {0:C2}.", total);
}
}
// The example displays the following output:
// The regular expression pattern is:
// \$\s*[-+]?([0-9]{0,3}(,[0-9]{3})*(\.[0-9]+)?)
// Found 6 matches.
// The expenses total $81.58.
// </Snippet1>