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vishnu
vishnu

Reputation: 740

Replace string that includes parenthesis in C#

I am trying to replace a string that includes a parenthesis in my C# email script with a given variable. A snippet of my code inside a function goes like this:

MailDefinition md = new MailDefinition();

md.From = "[email protected]";    
string addressee = salutation;

ListDictionary replacements = new ListDictionary();
replacements.Add("\n", "<br />");
replacements.Add("(Name of Employee)", addressee)       
string body = EmployeeQuery.getEmailMessageByCategory(category, subcategory);
MailMessage msg = md.CreateMailMessage("[email protected]", replacements, body, new System.Web.UI.Control());

the main issue is this part of the code: 

replacements.Add("(Name of Employee)", addressee)

the "Name of Employee" gets replaced by the value of addressee variable. However, it doesn't replace the parenthesis.

How can I replace the parenthesis as well so that only the value of addressee is added? TIA

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2561

Answers (2)

Denim Datta
Denim Datta

Reputation: 3802

Use This :

replacements.Add("\\(Name of Employee\\)", addressee)

// \ acts as escape charecter, supressing the special meaning of next charecter
// (XYZ) matches XYZ  as a group
// \\(XYZ\\) matches (XYZ)

Upvotes: 1

Hans
Hans

Reputation: 2320

You need to put "\\(" and "\\)". @denims answer is probably partly correct, but c# itself interprets the \ in the string. You probably need the \ to be interpreted by the method you're calling.

That said the method documentation doesn't indicate why this is happening in the first place.

Upvotes: 2

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