How can I put Regex.Matches into an array?

Question

I have multiple Regex Matches. How can I put them into an array and call them each individually, for example ID[0] ID[1]?

string value = ("{\"ID\":\"([A-Za-z0-9_., ]+)\",");
string ID = Regex.Matches(textt, @value);`

Answer 1

You can do that already, since MatchCollection has an int indexer that lets you access matches by index. This is perfectly valid:

MatchCollection matches = Regex.Matches(textt, @value);
Match firstMatch = matches[0];

But if you really want to put the matches into an array, you can do:

Match[] matches = Regex.Matches(textt, @value)
                       .Cast<Match>()
                       .ToArray();

Answer 2

Or this combo of the last 2 might be a little easier to take in... A MatchCollection can be used like an array directly - no need for the secondary array:

string value = ("{\"ID\":\"([A-Za-z0-9_., ]+)\",");
MatchCollection matches = Regex.Matches(textt, @value);
for (int i = 0; i < matches.Count; i++)
{
    Response.Write(matches[i].ToString());
}