ReSharper custom pattern, extract text from string

Question

I have lots of code such as:

Resources.SettingName.ResourceManager.GetString("Setting")

which can be easily written as:

SettingName.Setting

I've been trying to write a custom pattern in Resharper to achieve this, but haven't succeeded yet. Could somebody tell me what would be the right pattern?

ps: i use resharper 6.

I've tried different placeholders (argument, type, expression etc) but none of them worked. — Vishal Shah
– Vishal Shah, Commented May 22, 2012 at 11:46
I guess you can build a Search pattern but not a Replace pattern, right? — brgerner
– brgerner, Commented May 22, 2012 at 13:31

Piers Myers · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-24 11:33:35Z

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You could use Visual Studio's Quick Find and Replace using Regular expressions:

Find What:

Resources\.{.+}\.ResourceManager\.GetString\("{.+}"\)

Replace with:

\1.\2

This assumes that your pattern conforms to: Resources.{some setting name}.ResourceManager.SetString("{some setting}")

edited May 24, 2012 at 11:33

answered May 22, 2012 at 17:17

Piers Myers

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Vishal Shah Over a year ago

I finally went with this solution. Also recorded it as a macro and bound it to a keyboard shortcut. The replace bit actually had to be \1.\2. Thanks.

Piers Myers Over a year ago

@VishalShah - I have corrected this, not sure why I thought they were the other way around, anyway, it's good that it helped you achieve your results.

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