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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 `[^$.\|?*+()`.

Signature

	C#
	C#

 public virtual int SearchAndReplace(System.String search, System.String replaceWith)

Signature

	vb.net
	vb.net

Public Overridable Function SearchAndReplace(ByVal search As String, ByVal replaceWith As String) As Integer

Parameters

Param

	search
	search

The string to find and replace.

Param

	replaceWith
	replaceWith

The replacement string.

Returns
The number of occurences that were found and replaced.

Example

Code Block

	csharp
	csharp
title	C#


          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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	vb.net
	vb.net
title	vb.net


          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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