Parser in C#

hi Alan ,

Firsts of all thanks for that code, it really worked as i wanted it to. But it replaces a single original string with the replacement string. can u pls tell me how to replace multiple original striong with their equivalents in the file. for this i am using a xml file in which a node will contain a "original string" and the other node will contain "replacement string", the string will be distinguished by the ID in the XML. this structure of xml file is like this....

this is a box

this is a table

this is a comp

this is a lappy

                     :

                     :

 

Can u pls tell me how to go abt this.

 

thanks & regards

Sid

Something like this perhaps (requires .NET 2.0 or later):

using System;
using System.IO;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        string oldText = File.ReadAllText("somefile.txt");
        string original = "this is sam ";
        string replacement= "this is not sam ";        
        string newText = Parse(oldText, original, replacement);
        File.WriteAllText("somefile2.txt", newText);
        Console.WriteLine(newText);
        Console.ReadKey();
    }

    static string Parse(string text, string original, string replacement)
    {
        replacement = "' " + original + " // original statement " + replacement + "// replaced "; 
        return text.Replace(original, replacement);
    }
}