Using statement in Cake

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I am trying to use a using statement in Cake so that I can use the Regex class.

The line where I am trying to use this:

var matchesFromBranch = Regex.Matches(gitBranch, jiraPattern, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase).Select(m => m.Value).Distinct();

This gave me the following error:

.../build.cake(43,25): error CS0103: The name 'Regex' does not exist in the current context

.../build.cake(43,63): error CS0103: The name 'RegexOptions' does not exist in the current context

So I added using System.Text.RegularExpressions; to the top of my file. Now I get the following error:

.../build.cake(43,25): error CS0433: The type 'Regex' exists in both 'System.Text.RegularExpressions, Version=4.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' and 'System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'

.../build.cake(43,63): error CS0433: The type 'RegexOptions' exists in both 'System.Text.RegularExpressions, Version=4.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' and 'System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'

What happens if you use the fully qualified name instead of the using? `var matchesFromBranch = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Matches(gitBranch, jiraPattern, System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions.IgnoreCase).Select(m => m.Value).Distinct();` — Jonathon Chase, Jul 10 '18 at 16:49
@Jonathan Chase: Was also my first guess but that gives me the same errors. — Sam Debruyn, Jul 10 '18 at 16:51

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 10 '18 at 16:54

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Check in the tools/Cake folder and remove any references to the System.Text.RegularExpressions assembly and re run your bootstrapping script.

Even just delete the tools folder and re run the bootstrapper.

answered Jul 10 '18 at 16:54

J.P.

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I removed the tools folder, did a `git clean -dfx` to be sure, but it still gave me those errors. Do I need the using statement or not? – Sam Debruyn Jul 11 '18 at 08:13
Yes, you need the using statement for that namespace. – J.P. Jul 11 '18 at 15:21

Using statement in Cake

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