regex to remove specific characters from html in c#

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hi team, i have c# application and i am looking for answer to the issue i face
string is

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newdate= "<a href="Temporarydata.aspx?name=Current transaction does not exceed $X of Credit Limit">Current Transaction should be Within $X of Credit Limit</a>"

here i am trying to remove $X from above text with different regex expressions
i tried the following options with regex

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newdate = Regex.Replace(newdate, "<(.|\n)*?>", string.Empty);

newdate = Regex.Replace(newdate, @", string.Empty);

with above regex expressions i am getting the text as

"Current Transaction should be Within X of Credit Limit"

can some one guide me on the the option to get the text like

"Current Transaction should be Within $X of Credit Limit"

Thanks

Posted 14-Jan-14 19:57pm

srinimuk

Updated 14-Jan-14 20:08pm

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

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srinimuk 15-Jan-14 4:27am

hi my question was how to include '$' and remove the remaining html tags from the text, sorry for the confusion
also 'newdate' i use for this naming convention for this post purpose only ,i am using other name in this scenario in my application.

BillWoodruff 15-Jan-14 5:40am

does each instance of the string in 'newdate contain an actual numeric value in string form like: $1000.32, or does it, literally, contain only "X" ?

srinimuk 15-Jan-14 6:04am

Hi it contains only X like $10,$25,$19 no floating values allowed.

BillWoodruff 15-Jan-14 8:58am

So, your answer is "yes:" the character "X" does not appear, and a currency value does appear ?

The outcome you want appears to be exactly the same as the output you say your are getting now: why is that ?

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Bernhard Hiller · Answer 1 · 2014-01-14T20:31:00

What about

Regex regex = new Regex("\\$X");
newdate = regex.Replace(newdate, string.Empty, 2);

By the way, newdate is a terrible name for that string. It does not at all contain a date, nor is it of type DateTime. See e.g. Robert C. Martin: Clean Code Chapter 2: Meaningful names (you can download it e.g. at http://www.e-reading.co.uk/bookreader.php/134601/Martin_-_Clean_Code_-_A_Handbook_of_Agile_Software_Craftsmanship.pdf[^])