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{excerpt}Searches for a string specified by the {{search}} parameter, and replaces it with the string specified by the {{replaceWith}} parameter. The search string can be a literal, a regular expression, or a combination of both. Since the string can contain regular expressions, use a backslash to escape special characters. Special characters are {{[\^$.|?*+(){\}}}.
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 public virtual int SearchAndReplace(System.String search, System.String replaceWith)
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Public Overridable Function SearchAndReplace(ByVal search As String, ByVal replaceWith As String) As Integer
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{param:search}The string to find and replace.
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{param:replaceWith}The replacement string.
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{returns}The number of occurences that were found and replaced.
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          WordApplication app = new WordApplication();
          Document doc = app.Open(@"C:\myDoc.doc");

          //--- Update a copyright
          //--- Search for: (c) or the copyright symbol in ASCII, one or more whitespace characters,
          //--- four digits, and then any number of characters followed by 'Inc.'
          //--- Replace matches with '(c) 2008 SoftArtisans, Inc.'
          doc.SearchAndReplace("(\(c\)|\xA9)\s+[0-9]{4}\s+SoftArtisans, Inc\.", "(c) 2008 SoftArtisans, Inc.");
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          Dim app As New WordApplication()
          Dim doc As Document = app.Open("C:\myDoc.doc")

          '--- Update a copyright
          '--- Search for: (c) or the copyright symbol in ASCII, one ore more whitespace characters,
          '--- four digits, and then any number of characters followed by 'Inc.'
          '--- Replace matches with '(c) 2008 SoftArtisans, Inc.'
          doc.SearchAndReplace("(\(c\)|\xA9)\s+[0-9]{4}\s+SoftArtisans, Inc\.", "(c) 2008 SoftArtisans, Inc.")
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