Using RegEx with mete charecters

Question

Hello friends I have problems in using RegEx.replace method with meta-characters. For ex: Regex.Replace(** /t); Sincae * is the part of RegEx syntex it throes some errors. I tried with //* and it works. But I want use many meta-charecters. Its a console application. I want the users to input search string and reolace string. Ex: repit ** /t (Replaceing two astrics with tab) Escaping meta chars is not helping here.... Any tips?

crausch · Answer

Have you looked into using the Regex.Escape() method? If you are storing the search and replace strings that the user types in then do something like this: string result = Regex.Replace(someTextVar Regex.Escape(userLookFor) userReplaceWith); I would have to wonder though are your users allowed to use wildcards or are all their find and replaces characters supposed to be literal character and not wildcards?