VisualStudio search text using regex to find method

Question

How should regex looks in Visual Studio search text (Ctrl+Shift+f). I want to find all GetById method invocations where first argument has random name, but second has fixed name : 'transaction'

My examples

Sth1.Instance.GetById(formInstanceSessionId, transaction);
Sth2.Instance.GetById(userId, transaction);
Sth3.Instance.GetById(invoiceId, transaction);

I have tried the following regex, but it's not working:

GetById[(]*[,]\stransaction[)]

Wiktor Stribiżew · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-04 13:28:11Z

2

You may use \w+ or [^,()]+ to match those unknown substrings:

\bGetById\(\w+,\s*transaction\s*\)

Details:

\b - word boundary
GetById\( - a literal GetById( string
\w+ - 1 or more letters, digits, or underscore
OR
[^,()]+ - 1+ chars other than ,, ( and )
, - a comma
\s* - 0+ whitespaces
transaction - a literal word
\s* - 0+ whitespaces
\) - a ) symbol.

answered May 4, 2017 at 13:28

Wiktor Stribiżew

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