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Subject: Regex Replace() with modified subexpressions?
From: Jim <google@zolx.com>
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I use VBScripts' regex Replace() method a lot to modify strings. It's great=
 for rearranging and removing parts of a string, but I haven't yet found a =
way, if it's possible, to modify subexpressions found in a match when using=
 Replace().

For example, in the following:

Set re =3D New RegExp
re.IgnoreCase =3D True
re.Pattern =3D "^.*\-\s*(.*)$"
s =3D "This is a Test - Keep only this part"
WScript.Echo s
s =3D re.Replace(s, "$1")
WScript.Echo s

I often want to do something like capitalize the matched $1 subexpression. =
It can be done with Execute() and some more code, but would be convenient i=
f I could figure out how to form the second argument to Replace() so it cou=
ld be done in just a line of code.