regex filter some number

Question

There are some mobile number, 11 digits in total, such as 15213131313,12856565656... It looks like ***abababab. How to use regex pattern to get these number from all mobile number which has 11-digit in total in c#?

Answer 1

You are looking for a back reference

http://www.regular-expressions.info/backref.html

C# implementation:

  using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

  ... 

  string source = "15213131313";

  // .*               - any symbols 
  // (?<a>[0-9])      - digit "a" group
  // (?<b>[0-9])      - digit "b" group 
  // (\k<a>\k<b>){3}  - ababab - "a" and "b" repeated three times
  string pattern = @"^.*(?<a>[0-9])(?<b>[0-9])(\k<a>\k<b>){3}$";

  if (Regex.IsMatch(source, pattern)) {
    Console.WriteLine("***abababab");
  }

More strict pattern (we insist on exactly 11-digit mobile number format)

  // ^                - achor, string start  
  // [0-9]{3}         - exactly three digits
  // (?<a>[0-9])      - digit "a" group
  // (?<b>[0-9])      - digit "b" group 
  // (\k<a>\k<b>){3}  - ababab - "a" and "b" repeated three times 
  // $                - anchor, string end
  string pattern = "^[0-9]{3}(?<a>[0-9])(?<b>[0-9])(\k<a>\k<b>){3}$";

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