Match a number in Visual Studio with regular expressions

Question

How do I match a number in Visual Studio?

My first guess is \d , but it does not work for me.

Secondly, is there a list of special characters in Visual Studio?

Answer 1

According to the MSDN docs for regular expressions Visual Studio,: :d .

Here also :z , which corresponds to one or more digits, i.e. used to match an integer.

And yes, VS Regular Expressions are fancy .

Answer 2

Here are the regular expressions that he recognizes. Read this great article on Jeff Atwood's Visual Studio Regular Expressions .

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Answer 3

This might work if you try [0-9] .

Answer 4

Well, if you just need to match literally numbers, you can use a range, for example [0-9] +

Answer 5

There is a little to the bottom right of the search box, which will show you the standard notation used in the VS search utility. This is a large arrow pointing to the right.

You can use: z for numbers (and make sure the regular expression checkbox is selected :).

Answer 6

Regular Expressions (Visual Studio), Visual Studio 2005 (MSDN) states that it :d .

Answer 7

How to combine the number depends on the version of Visual Studio ¹ :

• \d will work in Visual Studio 2012 and later. These versions of Visual Studio use the same syntax as the .NET Framework regular expressions.

• :d will work in Visual Studio 2010 and earlier (Visual Studio .NET 2003, Visual Studio .NET (2002), Visual Studio 2005 , Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010 )

Regarding the second question, there is a list of special characters in Using Regular Expressions in Visual Studio (for both new and old syntax).

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