Replace a substring using RegEx

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Here is a line in my xyz.csproj file:

<Reference Include="SomeDLLNameHere, Version=10.2.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />

All I need to do is replace the 'Version=10.2.6.0' to 'Version=11.0.0.0' .

The program I need to do this in is VSBuild which uses VBScript so I believe.

The problem is that I can't hardcode the 'old' version number. I therefore need to replace the following :

<Reference Include="SomeDLLNameHere, Version=10.2.6.0,

I therefor need a regex that will match the above bearing in mind that that in the example quoted, the 10.2.6.0 could be anything.

I believe that a regex that would select the text including and between

'<Reference Include="SomeDLLNameHere' and '>' is what I need.

There are other references to similar requests but none seem top work for me.

I would normally use C# to do this sort of thing and VBScript/Regex is something I avoid like the plague.

s/Version=[\d.]+/Version=11.0.0.0/g will replace every version number to your new one, dunno how you'd do it in VBScript though. Also, if people have helped you you should accept more answers. — NorthGuard
– NorthGuard, Commented Jun 28, 2011 at 2:59
Thanks inTide but there are many dll's referenced and I only need to update one of them, not all. — David
– David, Commented Jun 28, 2011 at 3:06

agent-j · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-28 03:12:31Z

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For most regex flavors, you would use this:

<Reference Include="SomeDLLNameHere.*?/>

For visual studio, I am not sure if the *? would work... Try this:

\<Reference Include="SomeDLLNameHere[^/]*\/\>

edited Jun 28, 2011 at 3:12

answered Jun 28, 2011 at 2:58

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David Over a year ago

Thanks for the suggestion but I'm not doing this in code. I need just the bare regex.

agent-j Over a year ago

Are you doing it in the find/replace dialog? That has a very different syntax.

cordsen · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-28 03:14:28Z

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This regex pattern should work

"(<Reference[^>]+Version=)([^,]+),"

Applied with VBScript

  str1 = "<Reference Include=""SomeDLLNameHere, Version=10.2.6.0,"

  ' Create regular expression.
  Set regEx = New RegExp
  regEx.Pattern = "(<Reference[^>]+Version=)([^,]+),"

  ' Make replacement.
  ReplaceText = regEx.Replace(str1, "$111.0.0.0,")
  WScript.echo ReplaceText

Gives the correct result

<Reference Include="SomeDLLNameHere, Version=11.0.0.0,

UPDATE

if you need something that matches between Version= and the end of the tag use > instead of ,

"(<Reference[^>]+Version=)([^>]+)>"

answered Jun 28, 2011 at 3:14

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zpavlinovic · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-28 03:15:12Z

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Using Regex with C# or VBScript is pretty much the same because it all comes to developing the regular expression. Something like this could help: <Reference\s+Include\s*=\s*\".+\",\s*Version\s*=\s*.+,

Not sure what are the rules about case sensitivity and white spaces in csproj files, but this covers the form you described previously. Note that the "+" operator means one or kleen.

answered Jun 28, 2011 at 3:15

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