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Asked: 2026-06-14T22:34:06+00:00

Using Quick Replace in Visual Studio 2010, how can I replace all but text

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Using Quick Replace in Visual Studio 2010, how can I replace all but text surrounded by double quotes. I am not sure if I could use WildCards or Regex to do this. An example is below.

Here is the original code:

TypeByName("bPhone3", "9999");
TypeById("bFirstName", "Don");

and I am wanting to replace the text with something like this:

Type("bPhone3", "9999", Selector.Name);
Type("bFirstName", "Don", Selector.Id);

I am doing this for several hundred changes, so Quick Replace is my only real choice right now. I need to find a way to keep anything in quotes and change the text around it.

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  1. Editorial Team

    So I was tinkering with Visual Studio’s find and replace options and this is actually possible using RegEx and tagged expressions. I used this and it works for the strings you listed.

    Find What: TypeBy{(.*)}\({"[^"]*"}, {"[^"]*"}\);

    Replace with: Type(\2, \3, Selector.\1);

    Remember to tag ‘use regular expressions’ and you should be golden

    More information on tagged expressions can be found here

    Edit: updated a bit as I noticed you have both name and ID, may need to make a few other changes depending on other small quirks in what you want to change.

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