Replacing Strings in files

I would probably do the replace method also. But another way is to use regular expressions: // using System.Text.RegularExpressions; // This goes at the top. string strName = "Name: xyz"; Regex reg = new Regex("xyz"); Console.WriteLine(reg.Replace(strName, "abc")); Does the same thing... You have much more flexability using the regular expressions, but, they can get quite nasty to write. Play around with the overloads when you create one. I use a tool to create them: http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/expresso.asp John...

There are several ways to do it. The string.replace method is probably the simplest, but there might be collateral damage if there are otehr xyz's in the file.