Match Whole Words Regular Expressions

Example: Dim regExp As New Regex(String.Format(“\b{0}\b”, keyword), RegexOptions.IgnoreCase) This is the same as doing the following: note.note_content.StartsWith(InputKeyword & " ") OR _ note.note_content.EndsWith(" " & InputKeyword) OR _ note.note_content.Contains(" " & InputKeyword & " ") References: http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/217-how-to-match-whole-words-with-a-regular-expression/ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/810078/search-for-whole-word-with-linq-to-sql

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