I believe i understood your query.You want to check which "expression" the current message matches, and depending on it, set the appropriate flag to true. Also retrieve the 'field' in question.
One way to achieve it would be
Update
Based on your commented, has updated the code to support multiple fields.
string input = "Age should be between 1 and 99.";
string required = "The {0} field is required.";
string date = "The {0} field is not a valid date.";
string range = "{0} should be between {1} and {2}.";
bool isRequired = false;
bool isDate = false;
bool isRange = false;
string extractedField;
var possibilities = new []
{
new KeyValuePair<string,Action>(ToRegex(required), ()=>((Action)(() => { isRequired = true;}))()),
new KeyValuePair<string,Action>(ToRegex(date), ()=>((Action)(() => { isDate = true;}))()),
new KeyValuePair<string,Action>(ToRegex(range), ()=>((Action)(() => { isRange = true;}))())
};
var result = possibilities
.Where(x=>Regex.Match(input,x.Key).Success)
.Select(x=> new KeyValuePair<IEnumerable<string>,Action>(
Regex.Match(input,x.Key).Groups.Cast<Group>().Where(c=>c.Name.StartsWith("Field")).Select(c=>c.Value),
x.Value)).First();
var fields = result.Key;
result.Value();
Console.WriteLine($"{nameof(extractedField)}={string.Join(",",fields)},{Environment.NewLine}{nameof(isRequired)}={isRequired},{Environment.NewLine}{nameof(isDate)}={isDate}");
Where ToRegex is defined as
public string ToRegex(string value)
{
var result = new List<string>();
foreach(var item in value.Split(' '))
{
if(Regex.Match(item,@"{(?<Value>\d*)}").Success)
{
var match = Regex.Match(item,@"{(?<Value>\d*)}");
result.Add(Regex.Replace(item,@"{(?<Value>\d*)}",$"(?<Field{match.Groups["Value"].Value}>\\S*)"));
continue;
}
result.Add(item);
};
return string.Join(" ",result);
}
Demo Code
The above code uses Regex to find the appropriate match.
Sample Output
extractedField=Age,1,99,
isRequired=False,
isDate=False
Update
Based on your comment, to support multiple words, you could use the following.
public string ToRegex(string value)
{
var result = new List<string>();
foreach(var item in value.Split(' '))
{
if(Regex.Match(item,@"{(?<Value>\d*)}").Success)
{
var match = Regex.Match(item,@"{(?<Value>\d*)}");
result.Add(Regex.Replace(item,@"{(?<Value>\d*)}",$"(?<Field{match.Groups["Value"].Value}>[\\S ]*)"));
continue;
}
result.Add(item);
};
return string.Join(" ",result);
}