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RegExp.Replace for anchor tags

Last post 01-15-2009, 3:57 AM by LeoTheLion. 2 replies.


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01-10-2009, 10:17 AM 50012

LeoTheLion
Joined on 01-10-2009
Posts 3

RegExp.Replace for anchor tags

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Hi Everyone,

I have a slight problem with my Regular Expression.

I want to replace certain text in my anchor tag. For example if I have the following tag:

<A HREF = '\\server\test\me.jpg'>Hello</A>

I want to replace test with live, such as:

<A HREF = '\\server\live\me.jpg'>Hello</A>

I'm using vb.net and so far I have come up with

LiteralDocumentation.Text = Regex.Replace(strText, "<a.*test*", "Live", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)

The above statement gives me:

Live\me.jpg'>Hello</A>

So I'm missing the beginning part <A HREF = '\\server\. Any ideas what my regular expression pattern needs to be, so far I have <a.*test*

Thanks

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01-10-2009, 11:35 AM 50016 in reply to 50012

ddrudik
Joined on 05-24-2007
USA
Posts 1,922

Re: RegExp.Replace for anchor tags

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Imports System
Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
Module Module1
    Public Sub Main()
        Dim source As String = "<A HREF = '\\server\test\me.jpg' alt='test'>Hello</A>test<div id=""test"">test<A HREF = ""\\server\Test\test\me.jpg"">Hello</A>test"
        Dim r As Regex = New Regex("(<a\s[^>]*href\s*=\s*)(\S+)([^>]*>)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)
        Dim myEvaluator As MatchEvaluator = New MatchEvaluator(AddressOf RepFunc)
        Console.WriteLine("before:" & vbCrLf & source)
        source = r.Replace(source, myEvaluator)
        Console.WriteLine("after:" & vbCrLf & source)
    End Sub
    Public Function RepFunc(ByVal m As Match) As String
        Return m.Groups(1).Value & Regex.Replace(m.Groups(2).Value, "test", "Live", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase) & m.Groups(3).Value
    End Function
End Module

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01-15-2009, 3:57 AM 50136 in reply to 50016

LeoTheLion
Joined on 01-10-2009
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Re: RegExp.Replace for anchor tags

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Thanks,

However, I found a way of doing this with one line:

LiteralDocumentation.Text = Regex.Replace(strText, "(?<!href[^>]*)(" & Regex.Escape(Request.QueryString("Text")) & ")", "' & "$1" & "", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)

"(?<!href[^>]*)(" & Regex.Escape(Request.QueryString("Text")) & ")", "' & "$1" & "", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)

The only problem is that this only takes care of href but I also need to do this for src tags. Is there a way to do this such as:

LiteralDocumentation.Text = Regex.Replace(strText, "(?<!href[^>]*)(" & Regex.Escape(Request.QueryString("Text")) & ")" + OR + "(?<!src[^>]*)(" & Regex.Escape(Request.QueryString("Text")) & ")", "' & "$1" & "", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)

Any ideas?

Thanks

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