Why isn't this text changing?

[travisowens]

// What am I not seeing here?

StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("template.html");
string templateMain = sr.ReadToEnd().ToString();
sr.Close();

// Ive tried both ways below, either way nothing happens when I view templateMain

templateMain.Replace("<!-- %%HTMLTITLE%% -->","OIN Intranet");
templateMain = Regex.Replace(templateMain, "<!-- %%HTMLTITLE%% -->", "ON Intranet");

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

templateMain = templateMain.Replace("<!-- %%HTMLTITLE%% -->","OIN Intranet");

The string functions return a new string rather than modifying the existing string, you just need to assign that to the original string variable.

 

[travisowens]

Even when I create a new string, it doesnt contain the change.

string newTemplateMain = templateMain.Replace("<!-- %%HTMLTITLE%% -->","OIN Intranet");
Response.Write(newTemplateMain);


PS: When I view the HTML source I specifically know <!-- %%HTMLTITLE%% --> is in there, heck, I copied it from the file and pasted it into my code.

 

[Arch4ngel]

Make sure theres the right amount of "space" in it. A space over and youre not matching.

Gimme news

 

[travisowens]

As I said in my previous post.. I copied the text from the .html file (which I made by hand) so its EXACT.

 

[Arch4ngel]

You might use the replace function as PlausiblyDamp used it.
If it dont work... make sure your templateMain as been filled correctly.

 

[travisowens]

Actually my code paste was a typo and I was trying templateMain = templateMain.Replace....

I also tried

string newTemplateMain = templateMain.Replace....

Thers something really bizarre going on here.

 

[travisowens]

AH HA

Egg in my face, it seems my coworker had the wrong string names so the replace was being performed on the wrong data.

Guess next time I should check the contents of my string and not assume it actually contains what I thought.

ahhh, debugging.