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How do I count the number of matches by a regex?

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For example, I would like to count how many numbers are in a string using a regex like: [0-9]

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Joseph Daigle Avatar asked Dec 30 '09 20:12

Joseph Daigle


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Regex.Matches(text, pattern).Count
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Aviad P. Avatar answered Sep 22 '22 12:09

Aviad P.