How to: Use Regular Expressions to Validate Data Formatting (C++/CLI)

The following code example demonstrates the use of regular expressions to verify the formatting of a string. In the following code example, the string should contain a valid phone number. The following code example uses the string "\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}" to indicate that each field represents a valid phone number. The "d" in the string indicates a digit, and the argument after each "d" indicates the number of digits that must be present. In this case, the number is required to be separated by dashes.

Example

// regex_validate.cpp
// compile with: /clr
#using <System.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace Text::RegularExpressions;

int main()
{
   array<String^>^ number = 
   {
      "123-456-7890", 
      "444-234-22450", 
      "690-203-6578", 
      "146-893-232",
      "146-839-2322",
      "4007-295-1111", 
      "407-295-1111", 
      "407-2-5555", 
   };

   String^ regStr = "^\\d{3}-\\d{3}-\\d{4}$";

   for ( int i = 0; i < number->Length; i++ )
   {
      Console::Write( "{0,14}", number[i] );

      if ( Regex::IsMatch( number[i], regStr ) )
         Console::WriteLine(" - valid");
      else
         Console::WriteLine(" - invalid");
   }
   return 0;
}

See Also

Other Resources

.NET Framework Regular Expressions

.NET Programming Guide