Finding Embedded Text

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I am looking for a way to do searches for a particular type of text; any embedded in square brackets: [test1]. A normal search & replace will not work: I need to evaluate the contents of each tagged area before determining what to replace it with.
How can I do a find based on the start bracket and end bracket (length of text inside tag will vary), evaluate the text, and then replace the bracketed area?
Thanks!

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Hi
Thanks for your inquiry. I think that you can use regular expressions. Also you can can use ReplaceEvaluetor. For example see the following code:

public void Test214()
{
    // Open document
    Document doc = new Document(@"Test214\in.doc");
    // Create rexeg
    Regex regexFindPlaceholder = new Regex(Regex.Escape("[") + @"(?\S+)" + Regex.Escape("]"));
    // find and replace
    doc.Range.Replace(regexFindPlaceholder, new ReplaceEvaluator(Replace214), false);
    // Save output document
    doc.Save(@"Test214\out.doc");
}
ReplaceAction Replace214(object sender, ReplaceEvaluatorArgs e)
{
    switch (e.Match.Groups["name"].Value)
    {
        case "FirstName":
            e.Replacement = "Alexey";
            break;
        case "LastName":
            e.Replacement = "Noskov";
            break;
    }
    return ReplaceAction.Replace;
}

The document that I used for testing contains [FirstName] and [LastName] placeholders.
I hope this could help you.
Best regards