C# equivalent of Java Punctuation regex

Question

I'm looking to find the equivalent in C# for the equivalent of this regex.

Java:

public static final String expression = "[\\s\\p{Punct}]";

{Punct} is a reserved character class in Java but I'm not sure how to create the equivalent expression so that the .net regex engine doesn't barf.

Answer 1

[\\s\\p{P}] matches all whitespace and punctuation. Amusingly enough, it can be found in this exact form as an example in the MSDN documentation on Character Classes . As in Java, \\p{x} is used for any single character from unicode category x . See the part on Unicode Categories for a list of the possibilities other than P .

Answer 2

Use this:

Regex regex = new Regex(@"[\s\p{P}]");

Note in particular the use of @ .