Activating Regular Expression Syntax Coloring
Learn how Visual Studio 2022 introduces syntax highlighting for regular expressions, enhancing code readability, and providing IntelliSense support for various string formats.
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If we use Visual Studio 2022 as our code editor, then we probably noticed that when passing a string value to the Regex constructor, we see color syntax highlighting, as shown in the figure:
Regular expression color syntax highlighting when using the Regex constructor
Syntax coloring for regular expression
Why does this string get syntax coloring for regular expressions when most string values do not? Let’s find out:
Step 1: Right-click in the new constructor, select “Go To Implementation,” and note the string parameter named pattern is decorated with an attribute named StringSyntax that has the string constant ...