Question

How to convert lines in a multiline string starting with some "#" to start and end with "_" in VB.NET

Answer 1

Imports System
Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions

Public Class Program
	Public Shared Sub Main()
		Dim str As String = "###Word1 Word2" & Environment.NewLine & "Word3" & Environment.NewLine & "Word4 Word5 Word6" & Environment.NewLine & "##Word7" & Environment.NewLine & "#Word8 Word9" & Environment.NewLine
		
        str = Regex.Replace(str, "#+(.*)\n", "_$1_" & Environment.NewLine)
		
        Console.WriteLine(str)
    End Sub
End Class

 
' run:
'
' _Word1 Word2_
' Word3
' Word4 Word5 Word6
' _Word7_
' _Word8 Word9_
'

 

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