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Regex to remove someone's overzealous use of regions.

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23 Nov 2009CPOL 29.4K   7   5
A Visual Studio regex to remove someone's overzealous use of regions in VS. Find and replace: (^.*\#region.*$)|(^.*\#endregion.*$) Remember to enable regular expressions in the Visual Studio find and replace dialog.

A Visual Studio regex to remove someone's overzealous use of regions in VS.

Find and replace: (^.*\#region.*$)|(^.*\#endregion.*$)

 Remember to enable regular expressions in the Visual Studio find and replace dialog.

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GeneralMy vote of 5 Pin
Farhad Reza17-Nov-16 5:30
Farhad Reza17-Nov-16 5:30 
QuestionNice, some people really go overboard with regions Pin
Friedrich Brunzema10-Jun-14 10:20
Friedrich Brunzema10-Jun-14 10:20 
GeneralReason for my vote of 5 Good one Daniel Pin
thatraja7-Mar-11 6:35
professionalthatraja7-Mar-11 6:35 
GeneralRe: Thanks Thatraja! Pin
Daniel Vaughan7-Mar-11 7:29
Daniel Vaughan7-Mar-11 7:29 
GeneralReason for my vote of 5 #region is maybe the worst thing in ... Pin
Remi BOURGAREL26-Oct-10 11:48
Remi BOURGAREL26-Oct-10 11:48 

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