Regex Match.Value returning entire value, not the matched groups

Question

I am currently trying to achieve the relatively simple task of capturing values from a string which exist between sets of curly braces using a regular expression. The expres

Answer 1

You used capturing groups (...), so what you want is in the Groups[1]:

Regex regex = new Regex(@"\{(\w+)\}");

MatchCollection matches = regex.Matches(str);

foreach (Match match in matches) {
    Console.WriteLine(match.Groups[1].Value);
} 

Another way is to use zero-width assertions:

Regex regex = new Regex(@"(?<=\{)(\w+)(?=\})");

MatchCollection matches = regex.Matches(str);

foreach (Match match in matches) {
    Console.WriteLine(match.Value);
} 

In this way the Regex will search for \w+ that is preceded and followed by the { and }, but these two characters won't be part of the match.