Question

String ex. something.text = obj.something I am looking for a REGEXP that will swap the first value before the ‘=’ with the second resulting in: obj.something = something.text

I understand most Regular Expressions are quite universal but to be specific I plan to use this statement semi frequently in Visual Studio.

Thank you for any help.

Answer 1

It’s a good thing you specified the flavor. Most regex flavors are similar to each other, but not Visual Studio’s. Its syntax is very, very different from most other flavors. Try this:

search: {:w\.something} = {something\.:w}

replace \2 = \1

{...} forms a “tagged expression” (known to the rest of the world as a “capturing group”)

:w matches one or more letters

Here’s a complete reference.