1.5. .NET and C#

Microsoft's .NET framework provides a consistent and powerful set of regular expression classes for all .NET implementations. The following sections list the .NET regular expression syntax, the core .NET classes, and C# examples. Microsoft's .NET uses a Traditional NFA match engine. For an explanation of the rules behind a Traditional NFA engine, see Section 1.2.

1.5.1. Supported Metacharacters

.NET supports the metacharacters and metasequences listed in Table 1-15 through Table 1-8. For expanded definitions of each metacharacter, see Section 1.2.1.