Is there a function that returns index where RegEx match starts?

Question

I have strings of 15 characters long. I am performing some pattern matching on it with a regular expression. I want to know the position of the substring where the IsM

Answer 1

Rather than use IsMatch(), use Matches:

        const string stringToTest = "abcedfghijklghmnopqghrstuvwxyz";
        const string patternToMatch = "gh*";

        Regex regex = new Regex(patternToMatch, RegexOptions.Compiled);

        MatchCollection matches = regex.Matches(stringToTest); 

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