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vb.net REGEX

Wayne Barron
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Hello, all.

I have these two commands

Example insert

{Something here} {{Something else here}}

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Dim Regex2 As Regex = New Regex("\{.*?\}")
Dim Regex4 As Regex = New Regex("\{{.*?\}}")

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They do not produce any errors, however.
The single { }
Will insert into the database for the {{ }}
In the database, you will see
{Something here}

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With the curly brackets around it.

How can I distinguish between the two commands, so that only the double curly's will insert into its column, and the single curly will only insert into its column?

Thanks
Wayne
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Try this:

Dim Regex2 As Regex = New Regex("(?<!\{)\{(?!\{).*?(?<!\})\}(?!\})")
Dim Regex4 As Regex = New Regex("\{{.*?\}}")

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Unfortunately, it does not work.
Still inserts the   {Something here}

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IT WORKED!!!

Bill PrewTest your restores, not your backups...
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Maybe I didn't understand.  I thought you wanted Regex2 to match the {Something here} but not the {{Something else here}}.  That's what the regex I posted does do.

Maybe I need to understand better what you're doing and how you're using those patterns...

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Okay, great, our posts crossed.

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Yea, I was thinking it might over post you.
All good.
To be honest, I think the original would have worked as well.
I noticed in my code, that I had the wrong variable called, and I was using the single Curly variable and not the double curly variable. But either way, it works great.

Wayne