Using Wild Cards in valuePatterns

You can use the * character to achieve pattern matching for rewriting.

You cannot specify just a * in the valuePatterns field. Because * indicates a match with everything, nothing will follow the valuePattern, and hence Rewriter will have nothing left to rewrite. You can use * in conjunction with another string such as *abc. In this case, all content that follows *abc is rewritten.

An asterisk (*) can be used as a wildcard in any of the fields of the rule. But all the fields in the rule cannot contain a *. If all fields contain a *, the rule is ignored. No error message is displayed.

You can use a * or ** along with the separation character (a semicolon or comma) that displays in the original statement to separate multiple fields. One wildcard (*) matches any field that is not to be rewritten, and two wildcards (**) match any field that needs to be rewritten.

Using Wild Cards in valuePatterns lists some sample usages of the * wildcard.