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Parse String Using Regex

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  1. ''' <summary>
  2.     ''' Parses string matching regular expression
  3.     ''' </summary>
  4.     ''' <param name="_string">String to be parsed</param>
  5.     ''' <param name="_regularExpression">Regular expresion to match</param>
  6.     ''' <returns>String array matching regular expression</returns>
  7.     ''' <remarks></remarks>
  8.     Public Function ParseByRegex(ByVal _string As String, ByVal _regularExpression As String) As String()
  9.         Dim regex As New Regex(_regularExpression, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase Or RegexOptions.Singleline)
  10.         Dim matches As Match = regex.Match(_string)
  11.         If (matches.Success) Then
  12.             Dim stringArray(matches.Groups.Count - 2) As String
  13.             'Skips 0 because regex.Match(0) is original string
  14.             For i = 1 To matches.Groups.Count - 1
  15.                 stringArray(i - 1) = matches.Groups(i).ToString
  16.             Next
  17.             Return stringArray
  18.         End If
  19.         Return Nothing
  20.     End Function

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