I am having trouble splitting a string. I want to split only the words between 2 different chars:
string text = "the dog :is very# cute";
How can I grab only the words, is very, between the : and # chars?
You can use String.Split() method with params char[];
Returns a string array that contains the substrings in this instance
that are delimited by elements of a specified Unicode character array.
string text = "the dog :is very# cute";
string str = text.Split(':', '#')[1]; // [1] means it selects second part of your what you split parts of your string. (Zero based)
Console.WriteLine(str);
Here is a DEMO.
You can use it any number of you want.
That's not really a split at all, so using Split would create a bunch of strings that you don't want to use. Simply get the index of the characters, and use SubString:
int startIndex = text.IndexOf(':');
int endIndex = test.IndexOf('#', startIndex);
string very = text.SubString(startIndex, endIndex - startIndex - 1);
use this code
var varable = text.Split(':', '#')[1];
Regex regex = new Regex(":(.+?)#");
Console.WriteLine(regex.Match("the dog :is very# cute").Groups[1].Value);
One of the overloads of string.Split takes a params char[] - you can use any number of characters to split on:
string isVery = text.Split(':', '#')[1];
Note that I am using that overload and am taking the second item from the returned array.
However, as #Guffa noted in his answer, what you are doing is not really a split, but extracting a specific sub string, so using his approach may be better.
Does this help:
[Test]
public void split()
{
string text = "the dog :is very# cute" ;
// how can i grab only the words:"is very" using the (: #) chars.
var actual = text.Split(new [] {':', '#'});
Assert.AreEqual("is very", actual[1]);
}
Use String.IndexOf and String.Substring
string text = "the dog :is very# cute" ;
int colon = text.IndexOf(':') + 1;
int hash = text.IndexOf('#', colon);
string result = text.Substring(colon , hash - colon);
I would just use string.Split twice. Get the string to the right of the first separator. Then, using the result, get the string to the left of second separator.
string text = "the dog :is very# cute";
string result = text.Split(":")[1] // is very# cute";
.Split("#")[0]; // is very
It avoids playing around with indexes and regex which makes it more readable IMO.
Related
I have the following input:
string txt = " i am a string "
I want to remove space from start of starting and end from a string.
The result should be: "i am a string"
How can I do this in c#?
String.Trim
Removes all leading and trailing white-space characters from the current String object.
Usage:
txt = txt.Trim();
If this isn't working then it highly likely that the "spaces" aren't spaces but some other non printing or white space character, possibly tabs. In this case you need to use the String.Trim method which takes an array of characters:
char[] charsToTrim = { ' ', '\t' };
string result = txt.Trim(charsToTrim);
Source
You can add to this list as and when you come across more space like characters that are in your input data. Storing this list of characters in your database or configuration file would also mean that you don't have to rebuild your application each time you come across a new character to check for.
NOTE
As of .NET 4 .Trim() removes any character that Char.IsWhiteSpace returns true for so it should work for most cases you come across. Given this, it's probably not a good idea to replace this call with the one that takes a list of characters you have to maintain.
It would be better to call the default .Trim() and then call the method with your list of characters.
You can use:
String.TrimStart - Removes all leading occurrences of a set of characters specified in an array from the current String object.
String.TrimEnd - Removes all trailing occurrences of a set of characters specified in an array from the current String object.
String.Trim - combination of the two functions above
Usage:
string txt = " i am a string ";
char[] charsToTrim = { ' ' };
txt = txt.Trim(charsToTrim)); // txt = "i am a string"
EDIT:
txt = txt.Replace(" ", ""); // txt = "iamastring"
I really don't understand some of the hoops the other answers are jumping through.
var myString = " this is my String ";
var newstring = myString.Trim(); // results in "this is my String"
var noSpaceString = myString.Replace(" ", ""); // results in "thisismyString";
It's not rocket science.
txt = txt.Trim();
Or you can split your string to string array, splitting by space and then add every item of string array to empty string.
May be this is not the best and fastest method, but you can try, if other answer aren't what you whant.
text.Trim() is to be used
string txt = " i am a string ";
txt = txt.Trim();
Use the Trim method.
static void Main()
{
// A.
// Example strings with multiple whitespaces.
string s1 = "He saw a cute\tdog.";
string s2 = "There\n\twas another sentence.";
// B.
// Create the Regex.
Regex r = new Regex(#"\s+");
// C.
// Strip multiple spaces.
string s3 = r.Replace(s1, #" ");
Console.WriteLine(s3);
// D.
// Strip multiple spaces.
string s4 = r.Replace(s2, #" ");
Console.WriteLine(s4);
Console.ReadLine();
}
OUTPUT:
He saw a cute dog.
There was another sentence.
He saw a cute dog.
You Can Use
string txt = " i am a string ";
txt = txt.TrimStart().TrimEnd();
Output is "i am a string"
How can I split a C# string based on the first occurrence of the specified character?
Suppose I have a string with value:
101,a,b,c,d
I want to split it as
101
a,b,c,d
That is by the first occurrence of comma character.
You can specify how many substrings to return using string.Split:
var pieces = myString.Split(new[] { ',' }, 2);
Returns:
101
a,b,c,d
string s = "101,a,b,c,d";
int index = s.IndexOf(',');
string first = s.Substring(0, index);
string second = s.Substring(index + 1);
You can use Substring to get both parts separately.
First, you use IndexOf to get the position of the first comma, then you split it :
string input = "101,a,b,c,d";
int firstCommaIndex = input.IndexOf(',');
string firstPart = input.Substring(0, firstCommaIndex); //101
string secondPart = input.Substring(firstCommaIndex + 1); //a,b,c,d
On the second part, the +1 is to avoid including the comma.
Use string.Split() function. It takes the max. number of chunks it will create. Say you have a string "abc,def,ghi" and you call Split() on it with count parameter set to 2, it will create two chunks "abc" and "def,ghi". Make sure you call it like string.Split(new[] {','}, 2), so the C# doesn't confuse it with the other overload.
var pieces = myString.Split(',', 2);
This won't work. The overload will not match and the compiler will reject it.
So it Must be:
char[] chDelimiter = {','};
var pieces = myString.Split(chDelimiter, 2);
In .net Core you can use the following;
var pieces = myString.Split(',', 2);
Returns:
101
a,b,c,d
I need to get the first char of this string:
String s = "X-4711";
And put it after the number with an ';' , like: 4711;X.
I already tried it with:
String x = s.Split("-")[1] + ";" + s.Split("-")[0];
then I get it, but can I do it better or is this the only possible way?
var items = s.Split ("-");
string x = String.Format ("{0};{1}", items[1], items[0]);
At most this makes it a little more readable and a micro-optimisation of only having to split once.
EDIT :
As some of the comments have pointed out, if you are using C#6 you can make use of String Interpolation to format the string. It does the exact same thing, only looks a little better.
var items = s.Split ("-");
string x = $"{items[1]};{items[0])}";
Not sure what performance you are looking for small string operations, your code is well written and satisfy your needs.
One minor thing you might consider is removing additional split performed on input string.
var subs = s.Split ("-");
String.Format ("{0};{1}", subs [1], subs [0]);
If you are looking single liner (crazy programmer), this might help.
string.Join(";", s.Split('-').Reverse())
String.Substring: Retrieves a substring from this instance. The substring starts at a specified character position and has a specified length.
string sub = input.Substring(0, 1);
string restStr = input.Substring(2, input.length-2);
// string restStr = input.Substring(2); Can also use this instead of above line
string madeStr = restStr + ";" + sub;
You call the Substring method to extract a substring from a string that begins at a specified character position and ends before the end of the string. The starting character position is a zero-based; in other words, the first character in the string is at index 0, not index 1. To extract a substring that begins at a specified character position and continues to the end of the string, call the Substring method.
I have the following strings:
string a = "1. testdata";
string b = "12. testdata xxx";
What I would like is to be able to extract the number into one string and the characters following the number into another. I tried using .IndexOf(".") and then remove, trim and
substrings. If possible I would like to find something simpler as I have this to do in a
lot of parts of my code.
if the format is always the same you could do:
a.Split('.');
Proposed solutions so far are not correct.
First, after Split('.') or Split(".") you will have space in the beginning of second substring.
Second, if you have more than one dot - you'll have to do something yet after the split.
More robust solution is below:
string a = "11. Test string. With dots.";
var res = a.Split(new[] {". "}, 2, StringSplitOptions.None);
string number = res[0];
string val = res[1];
Argument 2 specifies maximum number of strings to return. Thus when you have several dots - it will make a split only at the first.
string[]list = a.Split(".");
string numbers = list[0];
string chars = list[1];
I have a large string and it’s stored in a string variable, str. And I want to get a substring from that in C#.
Suppose the string is: " Retrieves a substring from this instance. The substring starts at a specified character position, "
The substring result what I want to display is: The substring starts at a specified character position.
You could do this manually or using the IndexOf method.
Manually:
int index = 43;
string piece = myString.Substring(index);
Using IndexOf, you can see where the full stop is:
int index = myString.IndexOf(".") + 1;
string piece = myString.Substring(index);
string newString = str.Substring(0, 10);
will give you the first 10 characters (from position 0 to position 9).
See String.Substring Method.
Here is an example of getting a substring from the 14th character to the end of the string. You can modify it to fit your needs.
string text = "Retrieves a substring from this instance. The substring starts at a specified character position.";
// Get substring where 14 is the start index
string substring = text.Substring(14);
Making the assumption that you want to split on the full stop (.), then here's an approach that would capture all occurrences:
// Add # to the string to allow split over multiple lines
// (for display purposes to save the scroll bar from
// appearing on a Stack Overflow question :))
string strBig = #"Retrieves a substring from this instance.
The substring starts at a specified character position. great";
// Split the string on the full stop, if it has a length>0
// then, trim that string to remove any undesired spaces
IEnumerable<string> subwords = strBig.Split('.')
.Where(x => x.Length > 0).Select(x => x.Trim());
// Iterate around the new 'collection' to sanity check it
foreach (var subword in subwords)
{
Console.WriteLine(subword);
}
string text = "Retrieves a substring from this instance. The substring starts at a specified character position. Some other text";
string result = text.Substring(text.IndexOf('.') + 1,text.LastIndexOf('.')-text.IndexOf('.'))
This will cut the part of string which lays between the special characters.
A better solution using index in C# 8:
string s = " Retrieves a substring from this instance. The substring starts at a specified character position, ";
string subString = s[43..^2]; // The substring starts at a specified character position
var data =" Retrieves a substring from this instance. The substring starts at a specified character position.";
var result = data.Split(new[] {'.'}, 1)[0];
Output:
Retrieves a substring from this instance. The substring starts at a
specified character position.
All answers used the main string that decrease performance. You should use Span to have better performance:
var yourStringSpan = yourString.AsSpan();
int index = yourString.IndexOf(".") + 1;
string piece = yourStringSpan.slice(index);
It's easy to rewrite this code in C#...:
This method works if your value is between two substrings!
For example:
stringContent = "[myName]Alex[myName][color]red[color][etc]etc[etc]"
The calls should be:
myNameValue = SplitStringByASubstring(stringContent, "[myName]")
colorValue = SplitStringByASubstring(stringContent, "[color]")
etcValue = SplitStringByASubstring(stringContent, "[etc]")