CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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PaulWill
PaulWill

Reputation: 623

RegEx match for string in vb.net

I am looking for an easy way using regex to change the format of a string. this is what I have

POL-CAD-OPT-1-15-31Oct14
INS-DOT-OPT-5-7-13Jun14
BOL-GUP-OPT-5-5-28Oct14

this is what it should be

POL-CAD-OPT-01-15-31Oct14
INS-DOT-OPT-05-07-13Jun14
BOL-GUP-OPT-05-05-28Oct14

right now I am using old split feature to construct the string using if length = 1 then add 0.

is there anything I can do with RegEx ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 130

Answers (1)

alpha bravo
alpha bravo

Reputation: 7948

Edit per comment below : use this pattern
-(\d)(?=-) and replace with -0$1
Demo

-                        '-'
(                        group and capture to \1:
  \d                       digits (0-9)
)                        end of \1
(?=                      look ahead to see if there is:
  -                        '-'
)                        end of look-ahead

Upvotes: 3

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