Findandreplace function C#

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Hi,

I need to write my own implementation of a function which asks the user what they need to replace a fixed words in an existing document (.doc that contains only text) to.

example: box appears to the user, "Replace user name to?" then the user enters Mike, then the program searches for all instances of "user name" in the existing document and replaces them all with Mike.

Much appreciated!

1- Program asks "Replace user name to?" then the user enters Mike or any input.
2- Programs opens an existing .doc document (which will be treated a s a template, each time the program is used it will use it)
3- Program replaces user name with Mike throughout the document.
4- Program saves a copy of the new document on the desktop and informs the user that it is saved.

What I have tried:

I cannot seem to reference the existing document correctly or use the function correctly, it's been a few years since I last used C# and I can use a refresh.

Posted 23-Aug-16 4:29am

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Updated 23-Aug-16 4:46am

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Patrice T 23-Aug-16 10:52am

And you already started to work ?

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2016-08-23T04:33:00

We can't really answer this as we have no idea what your "document" consists of: it could be anything from a zip file containing XML (.epub) to a straight text file.

But... the String class has a Replace method which will do it for "basic" strings.

C#

string replaced = inputString.Replace("user name", "Mike");

If that isn't what you need, you need to supply a whole load more info before we can help!