Find and replace using regular expressions (regex) in visual studio?

Question

I am converting from VB.net to C#.Net.

I need to replace Session("something") or Session("Others") to Session["something"] or Session["Others"] in the whole project. What regex i need to use in the find box and what's in the replace box. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Make sure you check on the option use the regular expression.

• Find what: Session\("{.*?}"\)
• Replace with: Session["\1"]

Note: using lazy operator ? here is try to stop when finding the first match. Thus, it should be able to handle cases like:

1. Session("Types") = new SelectList(xxx, "Code", "Description");
2. ((((Session("something)))))))))"))))

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P.S.: In VS2013, you should use the following instead:

• Find what: Session\("(.*?)"\)
• Replace with: Session["$1"]