Any PHP and VB.net or C# Guru?

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Hi Guys,

I'm trying to convert this php function to vb.net or c# I know a little of php so all the loops, if and counters I can understand, but my problem is with the regular expression code


<?php

function syllable_count($strWord)
{

$intSyllableCount = 0;
$strWord = strTstrtolower($strWord);

// Specific common exceptions that don't follow the rule set below are handled individually
// Array of problem words (with word as key, syllable count as value)
$arrProblemWords = Array('simile' => 3 ,'forever' => 3 ,'shoreline' => 2 );
$intSyllableCount = $arrProblemWords[$strWord];
if ($intSyllableCount > 0) {
return $intSyllableCount;
}

// These syllables would be counted as two but should be one
$arrSubSyllables = Array( 'cial'
,'tia'
,'cius'
,'cious'
,'giu'
,'ion'
,'iou'
,'sia$'
,'[^aeiuoyt]{2,}ed$'
,'.ely$'
,'[cg]h?e[rsd]?$'
,'rved?$'
,'[aeiouy][dt]es?$'
,'[aeiouy][^aeiouydt]e[rsd]?$'
,'^[dr]e[aeiou][^aeiou]+$' // Sorts out deal, deign etc
,'[aeiouy]rse$' // Purse, hearse
);

// These syllables would be counted as one but should be two
$arrAddSyllables = Array(
'ia'
,'riet'
,'dien'
,'iu'
,'io'
,'ii'
,'[aeiouym]bl$'
,'[aeiou]{3}'
,'^mc'
,'ism$'
,'([^aeiouy])\1l$'
,'[^l]lien'
,'^coa[dglx].'
,'[^gq]ua[^auieo]'
,'dnt$'
,'uity$'
,'ie(r|st)$'
);

// Single syllable prefixes and suffixes
$arrPrefixSuffix = Array(
'/^un/'
,'/^fore/'
,'/ly$/'
,'/less$/'
,'/ful$/'
,'/ers?$/'
,'/ings?$/'
);

// Remove prefixes and suffixes and count how many were taken
$strWord = preg_replace($arrPrefixSuffix, '', $strWord, -1, $intPrefixSuffixCount);

// Removed non-word characters from word
$strWord = preg_replace('/[^a-z]/is', '', $strWord);
$arrWordParts = preg_split('/[^aeiouy]+/', $strWord);
$intWordPartCount = 0;
foreach ($arrWordParts as $strWordPart) {
if ($strWordPart <> '') {
$intWordPartCount++;
}
}

// Some syllables do not follow normal rules - check for them
// Thanks to Joe Kovar for correcting a bug in the following lines
$intSyllableCount = $intWordPartCount + $intPrefixSuffixCount;
foreach ($arrSubSyllables as $strSyllable) {
$intSyllableCount -= preg_match('~' . $strSyllable . '~', $strWord);
}
foreach ($arrAddSyllables as $strSyllable) {
$intSyllableCount += preg_match('~' . $strSyllable . '~', $strWord);
}
$intSyllableCount = ($intSyllableCount == 0) ? 1 : $intSyllableCount;
return $intSyllableCount;
}

?>



Thanks for looking