C# Replace regex matched pattern with a captured group

Question

I am trying to replace a pattern in my string with a captured group, but not directly. The value for the captured group resides in a dictionary, keyed by the captured group itself. How can I achieve this?

This is what I'm trying:

string body = "hello [context.world]!! hello [context.anotherworld]";
Dictionary<string, string> dyn = new Dictionary<string, string>(){ {"world", "earth"}, {"anotherworld", "mars"}};
Console.WriteLine(Regex.Replace(body, @"\[context\.(\w+)\]", dyn["$1"]));

I keep getting KeyNotFoundException which indicates to me that the $1 is getting interpreted literally during dictionary lookup.

Wiktor Stribiżew · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-06 22:01:19Z

3

You need to pass the match to a match evaluator like this:

string body = "hello [context.world]!! hello [context.anotherworld] and [context.text]";
Dictionary<string, string> dyn = new Dictionary<string, string>(){ 
            {"world", "earth"}, {"anotherworld", "mars"}
};
Console.WriteLine(Regex.Replace(body, @"\[context\.(\w+)]", 
        m => dyn.ContainsKey(m.Groups[1].Value) ? dyn[m.Groups[1].Value] : m.Value));

See the online C# demo.

Check if the dictionary contains the key first. If it doesn't, just re-insert the match, else, return the corresponding value.

answered Apr 6, 2017 at 22:01

Wiktor Stribiżew

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