Delete what is between these values <></>

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I want to delete the output between the value tags but am falling to do so. i only want to delete the value tag that is within the data which is my table. can you please help me delete those values. keep it in mind that those output are not hard-coded,the user just entered those values, so every time i load the form i want to delete those output between the tags.

XML

<data name="CurrentSelectedUser_Label" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Current selected record:</value>
    <comment>[Font]Bold[/Font][DateStamp]2015/01/01 00:00:00[/DateStamp][Comment] this is a comment.!![/Comment]</comment>
  </data>
  <data name="FinEnrolment_Exit_Button" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Exit Finger Enrolment</value>
    <comment>[Font]Regular[/Font][DateStamp]2014/012/01 00:00:00[/DateStamp][Comment] this is a comment.!![/Comment]</comment>
  </data>

i tried this, but am failing to specify the value tags that are within the data which is my table. see my coding below;

VB

string text = File.ReadAllText(outputFilePath);
                text = DeleteBetween1(text, "<value>", "</value>");

C#

public string DeleteBetween1(string STR, string FirstString, string LastString)
       {
           string regularExpressionPattern1 = "<value(.*?)>";
           Regex regex = new Regex(regularExpressionPattern1,            RegexOptions.Singleline);
           MatchCollection collection = regex.Matches(STR.ToString());
           var val = string.Empty;
           foreach (Match m in collection)
           {
               val = m.Groups[1].Value;
               STR = STR.Replace(val, "");
           }
           STR = STR.Replace(val, "");
           return STR;
       }

Posted 16-Feb-15 22:38pm

Bacanzela

Updated 16-Feb-15 22:45pm

TheRealSteveJudge

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moh9696 · Answer 1 · 2015-02-16T23:26:00

Good day,

If I understood correctly, you want to remove the "<value></value>" tag from within the text.

Using your Function DeleteBetween1(...), you will need to change the Regular Expression pattern to include both tags and whatever is in between.

string regularExpressionPattern1 = "<value>.*</value>";

That should look for any text matching your criteria

You would also need to change your RegexOptions to either None, or Multiline

Regex regex = new Regex(regularExpressionPattern1, RegexOptions.None | RegexOptions.Multiline);

That should find all occurrences of your criteria in the text.

For the replacement part you only need to execute this inside the loop for each Match

STR = STR.Replace(m.Value, "");

Hope it solves your issue.

Complete Code :

public static string DeleteBetween1(string STR, string FirstString, string LastString)
{
    string regularExpressionPattern1 = "<value>.*</value>";
    Regex regex = new Regex(regularExpressionPattern1, RegexOptions.None | RegexOptions.Multiline);
    MatchCollection collection = regex.Matches(STR.ToString());
    foreach (Match m in collection)
    {
        STR = STR.Replace(m.Value, "");
    }
    return STR;
}

Sisir Patro · Answer 2 · 2015-02-16T23:34:00

Hi,

You can use one method to delete the value tag.
Follow the below line of code which can help you.

XML

string xx = @"<data name=""CurrentSelectedUser_Label"" xml:space=""preserve"">
                                <value>Current selected record:</value>
                                <comment>[Font]Bold[/Font][DateStamp]2015/01/01 00:00:00[/DateStamp][Comment] this is a comment.!![/Comment]</comment>
                          </data>";
            var xd = XElement.Parse(xx);
            Response.Write(xx.Replace(xd.Element("value").ToString(),""));

Here I have used the String value as input. Based on your requirement you can change.

Thanks
Sisir Patro

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