Looking for C# equivalent of scanf

Question

I used to code in C language in the past and I found the scanf function very useful. Unfortunately, there is no equivalent in C#.

I am using using it to

Answer 1

I have found a better solution than using sscanf from C or some rewritten part by someone (no offence)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/63ew9az0.aspx have a look at this article, it explains how to make named groups to extract the wanted data from a patterned string. Beware of the little error in the article and the better version below. (the colon was not part of the group)

using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      string url = "http://www.contoso.com:8080/letters/readme.html";
      Regex r = new Regex(@"^(?\w+)://[^/]+?(?:\d+)?/",RegexOptions.None, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(150));
      Match m = r.Match(url);
      if (m.Success)
         Console.WriteLine(r.Match(url).Result("${proto}:${port}")); 
   }
}
// The example displays the following output: 
//       http::8080