Question

How to replace the characters !@#$%^*_+\= in a string using RegEx with VB.NET

Answer 1

Imports System
Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions

Class ReplaceSpecialChars
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim input As String = "The!quick@brown#fox$jumps%^over*_the+\lazy=dog."
        Dim pattern As String = "[!@#$%^*_+=\\]"
        Dim replacement As String = " "
        Dim result As String = Regex.Replace(input, pattern, replacement)
		
        Console.WriteLine("Original: " & input)
        Console.WriteLine("Modified: " & result)
    End Sub
End Class


 
' run:
'
' Original: The!quick@brown#fox$jumps%^over*_the+\lazy=dog.
' Modified: The quick brown fox jumps  over  the  lazy dog.
'

 

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