I have the following text:
txtAddressSup.Text
I want the Sup to be replaced by Cus while the whole text remains as is. I have many texts that are in this format:
xxxxxxxSup.xxxxx
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A:
why do you need to use regex? Won't a simple string replace work?
myString = myString.Replace("Sup.","Cus.");
Sam Holder
2010-06-05 09:45:16
I need the regexp to run it in find and replace option for editing large block of code.
peace
2010-06-05 09:58:11
in the ide? or can you just open the code file in a program, read the whole file in as a string, do the replace and then write the resultant string out as the new file...
Sam Holder
2010-06-05 10:31:20
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A:
The regex to match those would be (common Regex syntax, not the one from Visual Studio):
\BSup(?=\.\w+)
Just replace the matches with Cus
Lucero
2010-06-05 09:47:05
I'm using this regexp in the Find and Replace option, which helps me make a massive editing.
peace
2010-06-05 09:57:20
In this case you should rather use the "Rename..." refactoring, because search-replace usually doesn't really work as expected (matching more than it should etc.).
Lucero
2010-06-05 12:29:35
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A:
It's not clear from your question but I guess you are doing this in Visual Studio. Visual Studio uses a strange brand of regular expressions that is incompatible with most other engines. Try this:
Find: {:i}Sup{\.:i}
Replace: \1Cus\2
Explanation:
{...} Tag expression (usually called a capturing group in other engines)
:i Identifier
Sup Literal string "Sup"
\. Literal string "."
To get help with this either see the description of the syntax for Visual Studio regular expressions on MSDN or press the black triangle next to the input fields to get quick help.
Mark Byers
2010-06-05 10:07:39