Replace any character in between AnyText: and with an empty string using Regex?

Question

I have this string

AnyText: "TomDickHarry" <usernameredacted@example.com>

Desired Output Using Regex

AnyText: <usernameredacted@example.com>

Help to replace anything in between AnyText: and <usernameredacted@example.com> with an empty string using Regex.

I am still a rookie at regular expressions. Could anyone out there help me with the matching & replacing expression for the above scenario?

possible duplicate of [Replace any character before with an empty string](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6529471/replace-any-character-before-usernameredactedexample-com-with-an-empty-string) — Asaph, Jun 30 '11 at 05:04
The Desired Output is different. Any character in between must be replaced with an empty string — Derek, Jun 30 '11 at 05:07

Paul McLean · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-30T05:24:52.940

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string ABC = "AnyText: \"TomDickHarry\" <usernameredacted@example.com>"
Regex RemoveName = new Regex("(?<=AnyText:).*(?=<)");
string XYZ = RemoveName.Replace(ABC, "");

So, this will find a regex match in the string you supplied, and on the third line, replace it with an empty string.

edited Jun 30 '11 at 05:24

answered Jun 30 '11 at 05:15

Paul McLean

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Could you explain in more detail using code examples? I do not quite catch you. – Derek Jun 30 '11 at 05:21
I've edited my answer to give a more complete solution for you. – Paul McLean Jun 30 '11 at 05:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 30 '11 at 05:29

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const string Input = @"AnyText: ""TomDickHarry"" <usernameredacted@example.com>This is.";

var result = Regex.Replace(Input, "(?<=AnyText:)([^<]*)", string.Empty);

answered Jun 30 '11 at 05:29

Kirill Polishchuk

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 30 '11 at 05:31

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This works for me:

string s = Regex.Replace(Input, ":(.*)<", "");

answered Jun 30 '11 at 05:31

Emiliano Poggi

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Replace any character in between AnyText: and with an empty string using Regex?

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