[ASP.NET C#] Regular Expressions

[PoloDude]

I have an aspx page with msg's, everything is taken out of a db and parsed onto the page,

i also parse some bb-tags like , ... during the rendering of the page.

Now i'd like to add a tag for a list too, problem is, i can't figure out how to do that in asp.net (1.1) c#

I've got these already:

_msg = Regex.Replace(_msg, @"\[url src=(?<source>[^\]]+)\](?<text>[^\]]+)\[/url\]", @"<a href=""${source}"" target=""_blank"">${text}</a>");
_msg = Regex.Replace(_msg, @"\[link src=(?<source>[^\]]+)\](?<text>[^\]]+)\[/link\]", @"<a href=""${source}"" target=""_blank"">${text}</a>");
_msg = Regex.Replace(_msg, @"\[img src=(?<source>[^\]]+)\]", @"<img src=""${source}"" />");
_msg = Regex.Replace(_msg, @"\[b\](?<source>[^\]]+)\[/b\]", @"<b>${source}</b>");

So now i want something like above to make this:

• example 1
  
• example 2
  

[list]
[*]example 1
[*]example 2
[/list]

I hope some1 can help me out here

[jcarle]

You don't need to use RegEx for simple tags that have no parameters. Just use a straightforward Replace.

_msg = _msg.Replace("[list]", "<ul>");
_msg = _msg.Replace("[*]", "<li>");
_msg = _msg.Replace("[/list]", "</ul>");

[PoloDude]

Yeah, i actually didn't think about that lol

Thx, i'll think i've only got to use regex for the <li></li> part and that's not hard

Thx for clearing my mind at this late hour

[jcarle]

Two heads is always better then one when it comes to coding.