This is the class that can be used to look up a keyword from a string. This class is inherited from Regex class.
Base Class
public class ProductLookupRegex : Regex { public ProductLookupRegex() { // // TODO: Add constructor logic here // } /// /// Initializes a wildcard with the given search pattern. /// /// The wildcard pattern to match. public ProductLookupRegex(string pattern) : base(WildcardToRegex(pattern)) { } /// /// Initializes a wildcard with the given search pattern and options. /// /// The wildcard pattern to match. /// A combination of one or more /// . public ProductLookupRegex(string pattern, RegexOptions options): base(WildcardToRegex(pattern), options) { } /// /// Converts a wildcard to a regex. /// /// The wildcard pattern to convert. /// A regex equivalent of the given wildcard. public static string WildcardToRegex(string pattern) { return "^" + Regex.Escape(pattern). Replace("\\*", ".*"). Replace("\\?", ".") + "$"; } }
How to use it
ProductLookupRegex productlookup = new ProductLookupRegex(productName, System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions.IgnoreCase); foreach (DictionaryEntry de in prodList) { if (productlookup.IsMatch(de.Key.ToString().Trim())) { productLink = LinkGenerator(de.Value.ToString()); productName = de.Key.ToString(); break; // (sn) } }
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