Simple regex question

[MaxMax]

I want to add a text to another text using regular expressions... An example

before= "foo"
after= "foobar"

before= "one"
after= "onebar"

before = ""
after = "bar"

How should I do? I found 2 nearly correct patterns:

search = ".*", replace = "$&bar"

but this will give me: foobarbar, onebarbar, bar

search = ".+", replace = "$&bar"

but this will give me: foobar, onebar, ""

Can anyone help me?

Thanks!

[Ebbe Kristensen]

MaxMax wrote:

I want to add a text to another text using regular expressions... An
example
before= "foo"
after= "foobar"

before= "one"
after= "onebar"

before = ""
after = "bar"

...

The following solution works for all your examples:

after = before + "bar";

So if you really need to use regular expressions, there must be something
you haven't told us.

Ebbe

[Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]]

Hi,

I agree with Ebbe that your simple task can be achieved through String
class "+" operator. Does it meet your need? Can you tell me why do you want
to use Regex for this task?

Thanks.

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
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[MaxMax]

I agree with Ebbe that your simple task can be achieved through String

class "+" operator. Does it meet your need? Can you tell me why do you
want
to use Regex for this task?

I have already found the solution. $.*^ and $&bar
The + operator idea was VERY stupid. Clearly if I simply wanted to use the +
operator and the standard String methods I would have used the standard
String methods. I want to use the regex so I can have them in a separate
user-alterable file (I have a text and a program that analyze the text. The
user can input regexs to "patch" the text before/after the analysis)

--- bye

[Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]]

Hi,

Thank you for sharing the background reason. Yes, if your text resides in a
separate file, you may use Regex to match/search them and add your
customized string to it.

If you need further help, please feel free to feedback, thanks.

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Community Support
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