Cool feature using the RegexReplaceActivity

The RegexReplaceActivity that is introduced in the Cortego ILM 2 Workflow Activity Library is using the Regex class of System.Text.RegularExpressions namespace and by using the Replacement parameter of the Replace function we could actually do some real cool stuff. The Replacement parameter of the Replace function is translated into the Replacement property of the RegexReplaceActivity and there is no requirement the Replacement parameter must contain a plain text, it could in fact contain a replacement pattern as well and here is an example taken from the MSDN - Regular Expressions Examples used to change the format of dates. Please notice it's just an example, you're the one that must know how actual values are formatted and I don't know if using the EmployeeEndDate attribute with this example is appropriate.

Replace dates of the form mm/dd/yy with dates of the form dd-mm-yy.

Input value (from Expression): 04/30/09 or 04/30/2009 (there's a 2 to 4 characters quantifier for year in the Regex Pattern)
RegEx Pattern: \b(?<month>\d{1,2})/(?<day>\d{1,2})/(?<year>\d{2,4})\b
Replacement: ${day}-${month}-${year} 

  

Output value (Destination expression): 30-04-09 or 30-04-2009 – isn’t that cool???
What happens is that the input data is captured into variables that are then used to format a new value.

Realize what you could do with this, you could in fact simply extract parts from or format input data to what ever you like!
A good source for more info about regular Expressions is .NET Framework Regular Expressions.