using System;

using System.Linq;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        //getting this string after reading my word file

        string content= "##{‘name’ : ‘Account' , ‘placeholder’ : ‘Enter Accountant Name’, ‘label’ : ‘Account Name’ , ‘type’ : ‘string’ , ‘mode’: ‘multiline’}##  _______________ referred to as ACCOUNTANT, and [{ ‘Client Name’: ‘Sterling Accountancy’, ‘Type’ : ‘string’, ‘Length’: 255  }] _________________, referred to as CLIENT, agree: ACCOUNTANT shall furnish accounting services to CLIENT, to be billed monthly at the standard rates for ACCOUNTANT and staff. The following services shall be provided by ACCOUNTANT: [{‘Description’: ‘Job description’, ‘Type’ : ‘String’, ‘Length’: ‘2000’}]##{‘name’ : ‘Account’ , ‘placeholder’ : ‘Enter Accountant Name’ , ‘label’ : ‘Account Name’ , ‘type’ : ‘string’ , ‘mode’: ‘multiline’}##";

        //for storing object list

         List<TemplateModel> mainTemplateFields = new List<TemplateModel>();

        //using regex to fetch matching template format starts with ## end with ## and json object in between;

        Regex ItemRegex = new Regex(@"(##)(.*?)(##)", RegexOptions.Compiled);

        //if matching patterrn

        foreach (Match ItemMatch in ItemRegex.Matches(content))

                {

                    try

                    {

                        //getting values

                        var value = ItemMatch.Value.Trim();

                        //replcing the # character for getting proper json object

                        value = value.Replace("#", String.Empty);

                        //just a try to add literal no changes in string and output

                        var ss = @""+value+"";

                        //i am getting string like below in my code 

                        //{‘name’ : ‘Account’ , ‘placeholder’ : ‘Enter Accountant Name’ , ‘label’ : ‘Account Name’ , ‘type’ : ‘string’ , ‘mode’: ‘multiline’}

                        Console.WriteLine(ss);

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                        //getting error in this line

                        var list = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<TemplateModel>(ss);

                        Console.WriteLine(list.name);

                        //adding to list

                        mainTemplateFields.Add(list);

                    }

            //dont throw the exception if you want to see my json string in console

                    catch (Exception ex)

                    {

                       throw;

                    }

                }

    }

}

​

public class TemplateModel

    {

        public string name { get; set; }

​

        public string type { get; set; }

​

        public string placeholder { get; set; }

​

        public string label { get; set; }

​

        public string mode { get; set; }

    }