Replace text between tags in string vb.net
I have a large chunk of html data in a stringbuilder and need to modify the text between two tags. Through out the string are different sections (as follows)
<!-- BEGIN_DIVISION --> Cluster 23 <!--
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<!-- BEGIN_DIVISION --> Cluster 24<!--
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I need to convert the text between the tags to include an anchor tag. For example
<!-- BEGIN_DIVISION --> <a name="Cluster 23"></a> <!--
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<!-- BEGIN_DIVISION --> <a name="Cluster 24"></a><!--
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I have tried using indexof in a while loop and the first one works the rest get inserted into some unexpected and horribly incorrect places.
This is asp.net using vb.net code.
<!-- BEGIN_DIVISION --> Cluster 23 <!--
more code
<!-- BEGIN_DIVISION --> Cluster 24<!--
more code
I need to convert the text between the tags to include an anchor tag. For example
<!-- BEGIN_DIVISION --> <a name="Cluster 23"></a> <!--
more code
<!-- BEGIN_DIVISION --> <a name="Cluster 24"></a><!--
more code
I have tried using indexof in a while loop and the first one works the rest get inserted into some unexpected and horribly incorrect places.
This is asp.net using vb.net code.
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You could use regex replace:
Dim matchCodeTag As String = "\-->(.*?)\<!--"
Dim textToReplace As String = "<!-- BEGIN_DIVISION --> Cluster 23 <!--" + "<!-- BEGIN_DIVISION --> Cluster 24<!--"
Dim replaceWith As String = "<a name=""{0}""></a>"
Return Regex.Replace(textToReplace, matchCodeTag, Function(m) [String].Format(replaceWith, m.Groups(1).Value.Trim()))
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