RegEx replace stuffing spaces

[Bill Mittenzwey]

Is there a way to do a Regex replace on a string to stuff some variable
amount of spaces into a location of a string?
I need an expression which would take an unknown length string and move the
last char to position 15.

EX:
123456
transforms to
12345 6

I have a start, but not sure how to do the middle part:
match = "(.*)(.$)"
replace = "$0--spaces go here--$1"

[Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]]

Re: RegEx replace stuffing spaces

Hi Bill,

What about constructing the regular expression dynamically, inserting the
desired number of spaces on the fly? This might be not the best solution if
RegularExpressi ons have some syntax to populate a number character but I
beleive I haven't seen one.

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"Bill Mittenzwey" <bmittenzwey@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to do a Regex replace on a string to stuff some variable
> amount of spaces into a location of a string?
> I need an expression which would take an unknown length string and move[/color]
the[color=blue]
> last char to position 15.
>
> EX:
> 123456
> transforms to
> 12345 6
>
> I have a start, but not sure how to do the middle part:
> match = "(.*)(.$)"
> replace = "$0--spaces go here--$1"
>
>[/color]

[Eric Gunnerson [MS]]

Re: RegEx replace stuffing spaces

If you use a MatchEvaluator function when you call Replace(), you can do
this kind of thing fairly easily

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"Bill Mittenzwey" <bmittenzwey@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
news:OucLW6EjDH A.2336@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Is there a way to do a Regex replace on a string to stuff some variable
> amount of spaces into a location of a string?
> I need an expression which would take an unknown length string and move[/color]
the[color=blue]
> last char to position 15.
>
> EX:
> 123456
> transforms to
> 12345 6
>
> I have a start, but not sure how to do the middle part:
> match = "(.*)(.$)"
> replace = "$0--spaces go here--$1"
>
>[/color]