Matching similar words using RegEx

Question

Hi all: I need to match similar words using RexEx. For example, if I have a pattern which contains a word like "autonomous", it should match the word "autonomy" without matching "autonomous".
Example Code:

void modify(string word)
{
string input = "This island is a colony; however,it is autonomous and " + 
"receives no orders from the mother country, autonomy, N.";
string pattern = @",\s" + word + @"\s[v|n|adj]\.";//word = "autonomous";
Regex reg = new Regex(pattern);
string output = reg.Replace(input, ".");
}

@FadelMS if you dont want to match autonomous use `(?!autonomous)` — Anirudha, Aug 12 '12 at 06:08

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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I'm not sure you're going to be able to easily achieve with a Regex alone.

You should take a look at pattern matching algorithms. There's a similar question here that covers this topic.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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answered Aug 12 '12 at 05:11

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 12 '12 at 06:05

This may be what you are looking for:

string s= "This island is a colony; however,it is autonomous and receives no orders from the mother country, autonomy, N.";;
string pattern="autonomous";
Regex r=new Regex(@"\b(?!"+pattern+")"+pattern.Substring(0,pattern.Length/2)+@".*?\b");
r.Replace(s,".");

Matching similar words using RegEx

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