using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Test { public static void Main() { string exp1 = @"\d+G-\w{3}"; string s = "CN=314G-VK1,OU=Grupper,OU=314,OU=Skole,OU=03Skien,DC=login,DC=sk-asp,DC=no"; string z = Regex.Match(s, exp1)?.Value; Console.WriteLine(z); } }