C#: Replace an exact word in a sentence

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.NETFramework	4.0
Architecture	x86_64
Extension	.cs
InputName0	stringToSearch
InputName1	find
InputName2	replace
InputType0	string
InputType1	string
InputType2	string
Language	CSharp
License	MIT_X11
MethodName	ReplaceExactWord
OS	Windows
OutputType	string

C#: Replace an exact word in a sentence

Same as String.Replace but with case-insensitive matches and search for the exact word.
E.g. searching in "Java and Javascript with Java." the word 'Java', and replacing it with 'Python' results in "Python and Javascript with Python."

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public static string ReplaceExactWord(this string stringToSearch, string find, string replace) { string pattern = @"\b" + find + @"\b"; return Regex.Replace(stringToSearch, pattern, replace, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase); }

public static string ReplaceExactWord(this string stringToSearch, string find, string replace)
{
    string pattern = @"\b" + find + @"\b";
    return Regex.Replace(stringToSearch, pattern, replace, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
}

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