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How do I replace a particular string inside RLDC report column expression? [duplicate]

I just want to replace a particular text with blank space in RDLC column.
I want to replace .aspx with "" in every string.
I tried writing
=Replace(Fields!AuditsUserActivity.Value, ".aspx", "")
it works for this kinda lines
Page Applicants.aspx viewed
but not for these kinda lines:
Data added in Inspectors.aspx
i.e. it removed .aspx from those lines in which .aspx appears in in-between but not for those in which .aspx appears at the end of string.
WHY ?
Update:
I used this but not working
=Replace(Fields!AuditsUserActivity.Value, "#"+".aspx", string.Empty)

Use this simple code:
string result = Regex.Replace("x.aspx", #"\b.aspx\b", string.Empty);

string inpString = "abcdeggggy.aspx";
string i = Regex.Replace(inpString ,#".aspx", "").Trim();
dont forget add using System.Text.RegularExpressions; namespace

Try this
string sResult= System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace("abc.aspx", #".aspx", "");

Like many others have suggested, you should try using a regex expression. Perhaps try copying this exactly:
=System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(Fields!AuditsUserActivity.Value, ".aspx", "");

Escaping directory chars in C#

I need to escape chars in a string I have, which content is C:\\blablabla\blabla\\bla\\SQL.exe to C:\blablabla\blabla\bla\SQL.exe so I could throw a process based on this SQL.exe file.
I tried with Mystring.Replace("\\", #"\"); and Mystring.Replace(#"\\", #"\"); but none worked.
How could I do this?
EDITED: Corrected type in string.

I very strongly suspect that you are looking this input string in the Visual Studio debugger and fooling yourself that there are actually 2 \ whereas in reality there aren't. That's the reason why attempting to replace \\ with \ doesn't do anything because in the original string there is no occurrence of \\. And since you are looking the output once again in the debugger, you are once again fooling yourself that there are 2 \.
Visual Studio debugger has this tendency to escape strings. Log it to a file or print to the console and you will see that there is a single \ in your input string and you don't need to replace anything.

It looks like you're trying to replace double backslash (#"\\") in a string with single backslash (#"\"). If so try the following
Mystring = Mystring.Replace(#"\\", #"\");
Note: Are you sure that the string even contains double backslashes? Certain environments will print out a single backslash as a double (debugger for example). Your comment mentioned my approach didn't work. That's a flag that there's not actually a double backslash in your string (else it would work).

The # character specifies a string as a verbatim literal string, but that is when constructing a string. If you use Mystring.Replace("\\", #"\") then nothing will be replaced, essentially, as the two strings are the same.
If you want a string without the escape characters, then either define it with:
string path = #"C:\Some\Directory\And\File.txt";
Or you can replace the \\ with / like so:
path = path.Replace('\\', '/');
It is worth noting, as mentioned by Darin Dimitrov, that the string containing two \ characters is likely just the display of the string (i.e. when using the debugger) and not the actual value of the string.

i think OP is asking how to escape \\ in File Path, if that in the case, as OP is not mentioning where he's trying to use this. so i'm putting a guess.
Then You use Path.Combine() method to get the FileName path.
Path.Combine() Documentation

where are you looking at this output? because it could be the string is what you expect, but viewing the value through the debugger, output window, etc. is escaping the slash

Use something like:
myStr = myStr.Replace(#"\\", #"\");
Make sure you assign the result of Replace method to myStr. Otherwise it goes into void ;)

Try adding "|DataDirectory|\MyFile.xyz" where you need it. It works with connection strings it might work with something else (I haven't really tried to apply it to something else).

I didn't understand what you want, if you just want do get the file name (escape directory chars) you can try:
string fileName = Path.GetFileName(YourString)

Noloman.... when you concatenate are you perhaps missing a "\" when concatenating the directory.. I am assuming that you are trying to join directory + some sub directory.. #noloman keep in mind that in C# "c:\Temp" is written like this "c:\Temp" or #"c:\Temp" one is Literal the other is how to represent a "\" in the legacy way of coding because the "\" is an escape Char and when dealing with directorys we represent all paths and sub paths with "\"
so perhaps by you replacing the "\" you are truly messing up your own expected process
Mystring = Mystring.Replace(#"\\", #"\");
should work for you unless you are truly meaning to do
Mystring = Mystring.Replace(#"\", "\"); which if you believe that you are expecting a "\" to be used to build the directory.. then of course it will not work.. because you have just in essense replaced the backslash with a return char.. I hope that this makes sense to you..
System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(); you are using is also an Issue.. SQL Server is not that application thats running the code.. it's your .NET application so you need to either put the location of the SQL Server into a variable, app.config, web.config ect... please edit your question and paste the code that you are using to do what it is that you want to do inregards to the SQL Server Code.. you would probably want to look at the Are you wanting to do something like Process.Start(....) meaning the file name..?

Getting NewLine character in FreeTextBox control in Asp.net

I am using FreeTextBox control
in asp.net.When I am getting its HtmlStrippedText in my code I am getting the String without HTML tags.Now how can I get the new line character from this String i.e. I want to Replace All the NewLine characters with Special Symbol "#".

Got the Solution:
Got the HtmlStrippedText in String str and then got replace it like this:
char enter=(char)111;
temp= str.Replace(enter+"", "\n");

If it is anything like the base ASP:TextBox, you can just grab the string from the text property and do something like
var test = txtYourControl.Text.Replace(Environment.NewLine, "#");

This will vary between browsers (perhaps even between the operating systems on which the browser is running). More on newline definitions here.
I have found the most reliable option to be to search and replace "\n" rather than Environment.NewLine which is "\r\n" in a Windows environment.
string text = this.txtField.Text.Replace("\n", "#");

HtmlStrippedText is used to get the plain text
You should use the text property of freetextbox control
u can remove new line using this code.
lblTitle.Text = txtFreetextbox.Text.Replace("<br>","#");
Click this link
http://freetextbox.com/docs/ftb3/html/P_FreeTextBoxControls_FreeTextBox_Text.htm

String.Replace does not work for HTML entity reference

I'm trying to replace ' with its HTML entity reference using the String.Replace function. So a'a becomes a’a which is correct, but if I try to make the inverse (from the string above back to a'a) the output is always a’a.
I've noticed that if I try to replace only the code #8217; without the & character everything works fine, so maybe that the & character is a part of the problem.

This code works fine:
string s0 = "a'a";
string s1 = s0.Replace("'", "’");
string s2 = s1.Replace("’", "'");
Could you give us more information?

I don't know whats your problem, this little code works just perfect:
String test = "a’a";
Console.WriteLine(test.Replace("’", "'"));

I think its is string delimiters i.e ",' are interrupting normal string delimiters.

Newlines escaped unexpectedly in C#/ASP.NET 1.1 code

Can someone explain to me why my code:
string messageBody = "abc\n" + stringFromDatabaseProcedure;
where valueFromDatabaseProcedure is not a value from the SQL database entered as
'line1\nline2'
results in the string:
"abc\nline1\\nline2"
This has resulted in me scratching my head somewhat.
I am using ASP.NET 1.1.
To clarify,
I am creating string that I need to go into the body of an email on form submit.
I mention ASP.NET 1.1 as I do not get the same result using .NET 2.0 in a console app.
All I am doing is adding the strings and when I view the messageBody string I can see that it has escaped the value string.
Update
What is not helping me at all is that Outlook is not showing the \n in a text email correctly (unless you reply of forward it).
An online mail viewer (even the Exchange webmail) shows \n as a new line as it should.

I just did a quick test on a test NorthwindDb and put in some junk data with a \n in middle. I then queried the data back using straight up ADO.NET and what do you know, it does in fact escape the backslash for you automatically. It has nothing to do with the n it just sees the backslash and escapes it for you. In fact, I also put this into the db: foo"bar and when it came back in C# it was foo\"bar, it escaped that for me as well. My point is, it's trying to preserve the data as is on the SQL side, so it's escaping what it thinks it needs to escape. I haven't found a setting yet to turn that off, but if I do I'll let you know...

ASP.NET would use <br /> to make linebreaks. \n would work with Console Applications or Windows Forms applications. Are you outputting it to a webpage?
Method #1
string value = "line1<br />line2";
string messageBody = "abc<br />" + value;
If that doesn't work, try:
string value = "line1<br>line2";
string messageBody = "abc<br>" + value;
Method #2
Use System.Environment.NewLine:
string value = "line1"+ System.Environment.NewLine + "line2";
string messageBody = "abc" System.Environment.NewLine + value;
One of these ways is guaranteed to work. If you're outputting a string to a Webpage (or an email, or a form submit), you'd have to use one of the ways I mentioned. The \n will never work there.

You need to set a watch and see where exactly your database result string gets double escaped.
Adding two strings together will never double escape strings, so its either happening before that, or after that.

When I get the string out of the database, .NET escapes it automagically. However, the little # symbol is appended to the string, which I did not notice.
So it appeared to be non-escaped to my "about to go on holiday" eye inside the ide.
Therefore when the non-escaped \n was added to the string (as the whole string is no longer escaped), it would remove the # and show the database portion of the string escaped.
Gah, it was all an illusion.
Perhaps that holiday is overdue.
Thanks for your input.

If the actual string stored in the database is (spaces added for emphasis): "l i n e 1 \ n l i n e 2", then whatever stored it there probably has a bug. But assuming that is the exact string there, then the "abc\nline1\nline2" string is what happens when you look at the string which would print as "abcline1\nline2" in a debugger which escapes it (this is a convenience, allowing you to copy-paste out of the debugger straight into code without errors).
Short answer: .NET is not escaping the string, your debugger is. The code which writes a literal "\n" into the database has a bug.