How can I reverse code around an equal sign in Visual Studio?

Question

After writing code to populate textboxes from an object, such as:

txtFirstName.Text = customer.FirstName;
txtLastName.Text = customer.LastName;
txtAddress.Te         


        

Answer 1

Before VS2012:

• Copy and paste the original block of code
• Select it again in the place you want to switch
• Press Ctrl-H to get the "Replace" box up
• Under "Find what" put: {[a-zA-Z\.]*} = {[a-zA-Z\.]*};
• Under "Replace with" put: \2 = \1;
• Look in: "Selection"
• Use: "Regular expressions"
• Hit Replace All

With VS2012 (and presumably later) which uses .NET regular expressions:

• Copy and paste the original block of code
• Select it again in the place you want to switch
• Press Ctrl-H to get the "Replace" box up
• Under "Find what" put: ([a-zA-Z\.]*) = ([a-zA-Z\.]*);
• Under "Replace with" put: ${2} = ${1};
• Make sure that the .* (regular expressions) icon is selected (the third one along under the replacement textbox)
• Hit Replace All