Providing @mention on c#

Question

How could I provide @mention list during typing in AutoCompleteTextBox ?

Pattern of my mention is like:

   String pattern = "@[a-zA-Z0-9_.]+?(?![a-zA-Z0-9_.])";

Sample: consider user try to type two mention and even try to edit one of them, and text is like:

Thank you @marvel308 and @Dav for answering my question

can you share sample input and output ? – marvel308 Aug 06 '17 at 07:45 — marvel308, Aug 06 '17 at 07:45
@marvel308 I have adding a sample :) – AliMajidiFard9 Aug 06 '17 at 07:52 — AliMajidiFard9, Aug 06 '17 at 07:52
so you want to match marvel308 and Dav ? – marvel308 Aug 06 '17 at 07:54 — marvel308, Aug 06 '17 at 07:54

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 06 '17 at 08:01

You can simplify your regex. Try this code:

var input = "Thank you @marvel308 and @Dav for answering my question";
var regex = new Regex("@(?<name>[^\\s]+)");
var results = regex.Matches(input)
    .Cast<Match>()
    .Select(m => m.Groups["name"].Value)
    .ToArray();

Providing @mention on c#

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