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\b: Begin the match at a word boundary.

   

Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions

Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim pattern As String = "\b(\S+)\s*"
      Dim input As String = "This is the first sentence of the first paragraph. " + _
                            "This is the second sentence." + vbCrLf + _
                            "This is the only sentence of the second paragraph."
      For Each match As Match In Regex.Matches(input, pattern)
         Console.WriteLine(match.Groups(1))
      Next
   End Sub
End Module








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