RegEx to get only page name from URL

Sweet! It worked beautifully. I had to add a test for records that did not have .html, and then it was perfect.

Thank you!

Sorry to be lame but where would I put the pace holder

If you do need to use regex, then the following seems to be working OK with the new url:

Regex RE = new Regex(@"[^/]*(?=\.html.*$)");

Do you have to use regular expressions for this, Tony, as it's much easier to use traditional string parsing:

       string url = "http://www.mysite.com/news/local_news/One_dies_one_wounded_in_vehicle_shooting.html?c=y&viewAl";
       int index1 = url.LastIndexOf("/");
       int index2 = url.LastIndexOf(".");
       string pageName = url.Substring(index1 + 1, index2 - index1 - 1);

Regex regex = new Regex(@"^.*/(?[^/]+.?)(\?.*)?");

//Regex regex = new Regex(@"^.*/(?[^/]+.?)(?=\.html$)?");

Match match = regex.Match(URL);

string myFileName = match.Groups["myFileName"].Value;

Result:

myFileName still = One_dies_one_wounded_in_vehicle_shooting.html?c=y&viewAl

I need it to look tike this:

One_dies_one_wounded_in_vehicle_shooting

Any ideas? I am reading through the O'Reilly Reg Ex book now

Try:

Regex RE = new Regex(@"[^/]*$");

or to remove the .html  as well:

Regex RE = new Regex(@"[^/]*(?=\.html$)");