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Dot Net Guru Moore

I am using the Regex.Replace function and it is not working properly.

Here is the code.

n = dr["name"].ToString();
msg = Regex.Replace(msg, "[[name]]", n);

msg is a HTML email that will be sent. I am trying to replace the "[[name]]" with the name from the data base but these are the results:

"Your name is going to be inserted right here: [[namDot Net Guru] . .............."

It replaced the "e]" but no the rest of the name tag. Do you have any ideas?

Thanks
Dot Net Guru

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Wayne King

Have you considered just using the String.Replace() method? From the =
description of the problem, it sounds like you may not need to use =
regular expressions.
msg =3D msg.Replace("[[name]]", n);

You're not seeing the results you expect because your pattern contains =
special regex characters. The sequence [[name] means, 'match one =
character that is either a left square bracket, an n, an a, an m, or an =
e.' If you really want to use a regex, this should work for you:
msg =3D Regex.Replace(msg, "\[\[name]]", n);

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I am using the Regex.Replace function and it is not working =
properly.=3D20
=3D20
Here is the code.=3D20
=3D20
n =3D3D dr["name"].ToString();
msg =3D3D Regex.Replace(msg, "[[name]]", n);
=3D20
msg is a HTML email that will be sent. I am trying to replace the =3D
"[[name]]" with the name from the data base but these are the results:
=3D20
"Your name is going to be inserted right here: [[namDot Net Guru] . =3D
.............."
=3D20
It replaced the "e]" but no the rest of the name tag. Do you have any =
=3D
ideas?
=3D20
Thanks
Dot Net Guru

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	System.String
	System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex

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