VB.net Regex extract data from string

Question

I am trying to extract data from a string using Regex in VB.net. This is my string

CN=firstname lastname/OU=orgunit/O=org;shortname

I am basically trying to retrieve

firstname lastname (together)
orgunit
org
shortname

can someone please help me.

Answer 1

Try this regexp:

^/CN=([^/]*)/OU=([^,]*),O=([^;]*);(.*)$

(first capture group is name, second is orgunit, third is org, fourth is shortname)