SyntaxEditor Replace with Regex

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Posted 6 years ago by Frederic Gregoire
Version: 18.1.0340
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Hello,

When using the SyntaxEditor, the FindNext and ReplaceNext methods of the "SyntaxEditor.ActiveView.Searcher" take an "IEditorSearchOptions".
These options take a PatternProvider, which, if specified, can handle regex operations. The FindNext handles these scenarios well, but the ReplaceNext only seems to take the ReplacePattern and insert it where a match is found.

For example, given the following text in the syntax editor:
      TEXT,INFO,1000

And the following search and replace options:
RegexPattern
FindPattern: (TEXT,.*),1000
ReplacePattern: $2,500

I'd expect the output result to be:
    TEXT,TOP,500

But instead, it is:
    $2,500

Is there a way to make this work using the same substitution rules with regex as .net?
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/substitutions-in-regular-expressions


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Answer - Posted 6 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA
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Hello,

I believe your replace pattern should be this instead:

$1,500

That says use the first captured group.  Does it work how you'd like with that?


Actipro Software Support

Posted 6 years ago by Frederic Gregoire
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Should of tried with your prodiver before posting. The issue I was running into was with my custom provider. But I found the solution thanks to your proposal,

Thanks for the help!

The latest build of this product (v24.1.0) was released 2 months ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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