' URL that generated this code:
' http://txt2re.com/index-vb.php3?s=Portugal%20a%20programar%20&32

Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
Module Module1

  Sub Main
    Dim txt As String ="Portugal a programar "

    Dim re1 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re2 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re3 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re4 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re5 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re6 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re7 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re8 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re9 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re10 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re11 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re12 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re13 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re14 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re15 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re16 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re17 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re18 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re19 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re20 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re21 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re22 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re23 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re24 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re25 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re26 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re27 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re28 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re29 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re30 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re31 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re32 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re33 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re34 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re35 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re36 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re37 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re38 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re39 As String=".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
    Dim re40 As String ="."	'Uninteresting: c
    Dim re41 As String="(.)"	'Any Single Character 1

    Dim r As Regex = new Regex(re1+re2+re3+re4+re5+re6+re7+re8+re9+re10+re11+re12+re13+re14+re15+re16+re17+re18+re19+re20+re21+re22+re23+re24+re25+re26+re27+re28+re29+re30+re31+re32+re33+re34+re35+re36+re37+re38+re39+re40+re41,RegexOptions.IgnoreCase Or RegexOptions.Singleline)
    Dim m As Match = r.Match(txt)
    If (m.Success) Then
        Dim c1=m.Groups(1)
        Console.WriteLine("("+c1.ToString()+")"+"")
    End If
    Console.ReadLine()
  End Sub
End Module

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