Re: problem using Regex in a C# addin

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From: Sijin Joseph (sijindotnet_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/06/04 

Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 16:27:01 +0530

Macros in VS.Net don't use the .Net regular expressions synatx, they use the
old VS6 regular expressions syntax, look that up in the documentation. That
might be your problem 

-- 
-Sijin Joseph
http://weblogs.asp.net/sjoseph
"Tom Hughes" <tom_hughes98@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a6e410db.0404051156.39b5a8be@posting.google.com...
> hi-
>
> i'm trying to comment out a statement in an addin using Regex with the
> following code.  in addition to the comment characters, i'm adding a
> special character so that the statements can be restored at a later
> time.  in a stand-alone program the replacement works without problem.
>  the addin code fouls the formatting for some reason.  here's the
> code...
>
>   string s, t, sPattern;
>
>   ((TextSelection) dte.ActiveDocument.Selection).SelectAll();
>   s = ((TextSelection) dte.ActiveDocument.Selection).Text;
>   sPattern = "^(?<log_statement>[ \\t]*log\\()";
>   Regex regex = new Regex( sPattern, RegexOptions.Multiline );
>   t = regex.Replace( s, "//#${log_statement}" );
>   ((TextSelection) dte.ActiveDocument.Selection).Text = t;
>
> i have compared 's' and 't' character by character and the strings
> look as they should (ie. the regex replacement appears to be working).
>  is there some encoding voodoo i need to do?  are there other ways to
> set the active document's text?
>
> thanks,
> tom

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