Walker
Reputation: 5199
VB.Net Regular Expressions - Escape Method
Is there a way to escape all metacharacters in a string with the exception of "*"?
Upvotes: 0
Views: 749
Answers (1)
SLaks
Reputation: 887777
You can call Regex.Escape(str).Replace("\*", "*").
If the original string contains \*, this won't work properly.
Upvotes: 2
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