Use string.Replace to match whole words

Question

I\'m using NET 2.0 and WinForms.

Currently, I need a code to replace a string with another one in a given text, but in the text it should only look for whole words. What

Answer 1

Small workaround:

string name = @"COUNTER = $40
CLOCK_COUNTER = $60";
name=" "+name;
name = name.Replace(" COUNTER ", " COUNT ");

Main idea that you have to mark the word you're going to replace with some sort of symbols that other words that you do not want to replace have not