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Check if a string matches with groups

Display "two" if "one two three" matches /one (.*) three/
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ruby
puts $1 if "one two three"=~/^one (.*) three$/
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csharp
using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

public class RegexBackReference {
public static void Main() {
var oneTwoThree = "one two three";
var pattern = "one (.*) three";

Match match = Regex.Match(oneTwoThree, pattern);

// group 0 is the entire match. 1 is the first backreference
Console.WriteLine(match.Groups[1]);
}
}
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clojure
(if-let [groups (re-matches #"one (.*) three" "one two three")]
(println (second groups)))
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fsharp
let regmatch = (Regex.Match("one two three", "one (.*) three"))
if regmatch.Success then (printfn "%s" (regmatch.Groups.[1].Captures.[0].ToString()))
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fantom
m := Regex<|one (.*) three|>.matcher("one two three")
if (m.matches)
echo("${m.group(1)}")
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groovy
matcher = ("one two three" =~ /one (.*) three/)
if (matcher) println matcher[0][1]
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groovy 1.6.1+
match = "one two three".find("one (.*) three") { it[1] }
if (match) println match

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