Match Whole Words Regular Expressions

Posted by Tim on January 12, 2010 in .NET Framework, Visual Basic |
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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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