Question: Why does the following code result in:

> 
> there was 1 matches for 'the'
> 
> 
> 

and not:

> 
> there was 3 matches for 'the'
> 
> 
> 

```
using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace TestRegex82723223
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string text = "C# is the best language there is in the world.";
            string search = "the";
            Match match = Regex.Match(text, search);
            Console.WriteLine("there was {0} matches for '{1}'", match.Groups.Count, match.Value);
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

```

Answer: 
```
string text = "C# is the best language there is in the world.";
string search = "the";
MatchCollection matches = Regex.Matches(text, search);
Console.WriteLine("there was {0} matches for '{1}'", matches.Count, search);
Console.ReadLine();

```
You should be using `Regex.Matches` instead of `Regex.Match` if you want to return multiple matches.