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I want a code that takes a string with 'Or' in it and takes text before and after 'Or' and stores it in seperate variable
I tried the substring function
var text = "Actor or Actress";
var result= text.Substring(0, text.LastIndexOf("or"));
but with this getting only actor I want actor as well as actress but in seperate variables as a whole word so it can be anything in place of 'actor or actress'
You need to use one of the flavors of String.Split that accepts an array of string delimiters:
string text = "Actor or Actress";
string[] delim = new string[] { " or " }; // add spaces around to avoid spliting `Actor` due to the `or` in the end
string[] elements = text.Split(delim, StringSplitOptions.None);
foreach (string elem in elements)
{
Console.WriteLine(elem);
}
Output:
Actor
Actress
Note: I am using .NET framework 4.8, but .NET 6 also has an overload of String.Split that accepts a single string delimiter so there's no need to create delim as an array of strings, unless you want to be able to split based on variations like " Or "," or ".
Spli() should do the job
text.Split(“or”);
use the Split() method
var text = "Actor or Actress";
Console.WriteLine(text.Split("or")[0]);
Console.WriteLine(text.Split("or")[1]);
Output
Actor
Actress
try this
string[] array = text.Split(' ');
foreach (string item in array)
{
if (item != "or")
{
Console.WriteLine(item);
}
}
Output
Actor
Actress
I have this string D:\ASN\Documents\ENU\LO\ANL\File\05003ede-59bf-45c6-bb57-a6111e9f18e0\linux-cheat-sheet.pdf and I want to exclude this string D:\ASN\Documents\ENU\LO from the above string and then get the first string(in this case ANL)after the split.
I tried something like this:
string fullpath = "D:\\ASN\\Documents\\ENU\\LO\\ANL\\File\\05003ede-59bf-45c6-bb57-a6111e9f18e0\\linux-cheat-sheet.pdf"
string[] sep = new string[]{"D:\\ASN\\Documents\\ENU\\LO"};
string [] result = fullpath.split(stringSeparators, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
foreach (string s in result)
{
Console.Write(s.Substring(s.IndexOf(#"\") + 1));
}
But this is giving me ANL\File\05003ede-59bf-45c6-bb57-a6111e9f18e0\linux-cheat-sheet.pdf". Instead I need only ANL. How can this be achieved? Is there any other way to get this instead of this way.
TIA
var result = fullpath.Replace(samplePath, "").Split('\\')[1];
You can replace the first part (samplePath) with nothing, removing it (or you could use Substring to get the second part of the fullPath, counting the characters of samplePath), and then Split the result on '\', getting the second occurrence, which is the result you expect.
Here's a working version: https://dotnetfiddle.net/k4tfGP
Can you do a split on the second string when it sees the \?
String sampleString = "ANL\File\05003ede-59bf-45c6-bb57-a6111e9f18e0\linux-cheat-sheet.pdf"";
String[] stringArray = sampleString.split("\");
String wantedString = stringArray[0];
This is not what split() is intended for. split() is generally used to divide your string into multiple sections based on a separator. In your case, you might have wanted to use it to separate the sub-folders by splitting on '\'.
But you want something else -- to remove a section of text. If you know that the text will always be at the start, try this:
string result = fullpath.Substring("D:\\ASN\\Documents\\ENU\\LO".Length);
This will return the original string, minus the first X characters, where X is exactly the length of the string you want to remove.
string fullpath =
"D:\\ASN\\Documents\\ENU\\LO\\ANL\\File\\05003ede-59bf-45c6-bb57-a6111e9f18e0\\linux-cheat-sheet.pdf";
string[] sep = new string[] {"D:\\ASN\\Documents\\ENU\\LO"};
string[] result = fullpath.Split(sep, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
foreach (string s in result)
{
Console.Write(s.Substring(s.IndexOf(#"\") + 1, s.IndexOf(#"\", 2) - 1));
}
String.IndexOf will get you the index of the first, but has overloads giving a starting point. So In this example, I have given the starting point as "2" as your path contains "\\" always.
string basepath = "D:\\ASN\\Documents\\ENU\\LO\\";
string fullpath = "D:\\ASN\\Documents\\ENU\\LO\\ANL\\File\\05003ede-59bf-45c6-bb57-a6111e9f18e0\\linux-cheat-sheet.pdf";
fullpath = fullpath.Replace(basepath, "");
string returnValue = fullpath.Remove(fullpath.IndexOf("\\"), fullpath.Length-fullpath.IndexOf("\\"));
Worked here...
I would need some help with matching data in this example string:
req:{REQUESTER_NAME},key:{abc},act:{UPDATE},sku:{ABC123,DEF-123},qty:{10,5}
Essentially, every parameter is separated by "," but it is also included within {} and I need some help with regex as I am not that good with it.
Desired Output:
req = "REQUESTER_NAME"
key = "abc"
act = "UPDATE"
sku[0] = "ABC123"
sku[1] = "DEF-123"
qty[0] = 10
qty[1] = 5
I would suggest you do the following
Use String Split with ',' character as the separator (eg output req:{REQUESTER_NAME})
With each pair of data, do String Split with ';' character as the separator (eg output "req", "{REQUESTER_NAME}")
Do a String Replace for characters '{' and '}' with "" (eg output REQUESTER_NAME)
Do a String Split again with ',' character as separator (eg output "ABC123", "DEF-123")
That should parse it for you perfectly. You can store the results into your data structure as the results come in. (Eg. You can store the name at step 2 whereas the value for some might be available at Step 3 and for others at Step 4)
Hope That Helped
Note:
- If you don't know string split - http://www.dotnetperls.com/split-vbnet
- If you don't know string replace - http://www.dotnetperls.com/replace-vbnet
The below sample may helps to solve your problem. But here lot of string manipulations are there.
string input = "req:{REQUESTER_NAME},key:{abc},act:{UPDATE},sku:{ABC123,DEF-123},qty:{10,5}";
Console.WriteLine(input);
string[] words = input.Split(new string[] { "}," }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
foreach (string item in words)
{
if (item.Contains(':'))
{
string modifiedString = item.Replace(",", "," + item.Substring(0, item.IndexOf(':')) + ":");
string[] wordsColl = modifiedString.Split(new char[] { ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
foreach (string item1 in wordsColl)
{
string finalString = item1.Replace("{", "");
finalString = finalString.Replace("}", "");
Console.WriteLine(finalString);
}
}
}
First, use Regex.Matches to get the parameters inside { and }.
string str = "req:{REQUESTER_NAME},key:{abc},act:{UPDATE},sku:{ABC123,DEF-123},qty:{10,5}";
MatchCollection matches = Regex.Matches(str,#"\{.+?\}");
string[] arr = matches.Cast<Match>()
.Select(m => m.Groups[0].Value.Trim(new char[]{'{','}',' '}))
.ToArray();
foreach (string s in arr)
Console.WriteLine(s);
output
REQUESTER_NAME
abc
UPDATE
ABC123,DEF-123
10,5
then use Regex.Split to get the parameter names
string[] arr1 = Regex.Split(str,#"\{.+?\}")
.Select(x => x.Trim(new char[]{',',':',' '}))
.Where(x => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(x)) //need this to get rid of empty strings
.ToArray();
foreach (string s in arr1)
Console.WriteLine(s);
output
req
key
act
sku
qty
Now you can easily traverse through the parameters. something like this
for(int i=0; i<arr.Length; i++)
{
if(arr1[i] == "req")
//arr[i] contains req parameters
else if(arr1[i] == "sku")
//arr[i] contains sku parameters
//use string.Split(',') to get all the sku paramters and process them
}
Kishore's answer is correct. This extension method may help implement that suggestion:
<Extension()>
Function WideSplit(InputString As String, SplitToken As String) As String()
Dim aryReturn As String()
Dim intIndex As Integer = InputString.IndexOf(SplitToken)
If intIndex = -1 Then
aryReturn = {InputString}
Else
ReDim aryReturn(1)
aryReturn(0) = InputString.Substring(0, intIndex)
aryReturn(1) = InputString.Substring(intIndex + SplitToken.Length)
End If
Return aryReturn
End Function
If you import System.Runtime.CompilerServices, you can use it like this:
Dim stringToParse As String = "req:{REQUESTER_NAME},key:{abc},act:{UPDATE},sku:{ABC123,DEF-123},qty:{10,5}"
Dim strTemp As String
Dim aryTemp As String()
strTemp = stringToParse.WideSplit("req:{")(1)
aryTemp = strTemp.WideSplit("},key:{")
req = aryTemp(0)
aryTemp = aryTemp(1).WideSplit("},act:{")
key = aryTemp(0)
'etc...
You may be able do this more memory efficiently, though, as this method creates a number of temporary string allocations.
Kishore's solution is perfect, but here is another solution that works with regex:
Dim input As String = "req:{REQUESTER_NAME},key:{abc},act:{UPDATE},sku:{ABC123,DEF-123},qty:{10,5}"
Dim Array = Regex.Split(input, ":{|}|,")
This does essentially the same, it uses regex to split on :{, } and ,. The solution might be a bit shorter though. The values will be put into the array like this:
"req", "REQUESTER_NAME","", ... , "qty", "10", "5", ""
Notice after the parameter and its value(s) there will be an empty string in the array. When looping over the array you can use this to let the program know when a new parameter starts. Then you can create a new array/data structure to store its values.
Suppose I have written "5 and 6" or "5+6". How can I assign 5 and 6 to two different variables in c# ?
P.S. I also want to do certain work if certain chars are found in string. Suppose I have written 5+5. Will this code do that ?
if(string.Contains("+"))
{
sum=x+y;
}
string input="5+5";
var numbers = Regex.Matches(input, #"\d+")
.Cast<Match>()
.Select(m => m.Value)
.ToList();
Personally, I would vote against doing some splitting and regular expression stuff.
Instead I would (and did in the past) use one of the many Expression Evaluation libraries, like e.g. this one over at Code Project (and the updated version over at CodePlex).
Using the parser/tool above, you could do things like:
A simple expression evaluation then could look like:
Expression e = new Expression("5 + 6");
Debug.Assert(11 == e.Evaluate());
To me this is much more error-proof than doing the parsing all by myself, including regular expressions and the like.
You should use another name for your string than string
var numbers = yourString.Split("+");
var sum = Convert.ToInt32(numbers[0]) + Convert.ToInt32(numbers[1]);
Note: Thats an implementation without any error checking or error handling...
If you want to assign numbers from string to variables, you will have to parse string and make conversion.
Simple example, if you have text with only one number
string text = "500";
int num = int.Parse(text);
Now, if you want to parse something more complicated, you can use split() and/or regex to get all numbers and operators between them. Than you just iterate array and assign numbers to variables.
string text = "500+400";
if (text.Contains("+"))
{
String[] data = text.Split("+");
int a = int.Parse(data[0]);
int b = int.Parse(data[1]);
int res = a + b;
}
Basicly, if you have just 2 numbers and operazor between them, its ok. If you want to make "calculator" you will need something more, like Binary Trees or Stack.
Use the String.Split method. It splits your string rom the given character and returns a string array containing the value that is broken down into multiple pieces depending on the character to break, in this case, its "+".
int x = 0;
int y = 0;
int z = 0;
string value = "5+6";
if (value.Contains("+"))
{
string[] returnedArray = value.Split('+');
x = Convert.ToInt32(returnedArray[0]);
y = Convert.ToInt32(returnedArray[1]);
z = x + y;
}
Something like this may helpful
string strMy = "5&6";
char[] arr = strMy.ToCharArray();
List<int> list = new List<int>();
foreach (char item in arr)
{
int value;
if (int.TryParse(item.ToString(), out value))
{
list.Add(item);
}
}
list will contains all the integer values
You can use String.Split method like;
string s = "5 and 6";
string[] a = s.Split(new string[] { "and", "+" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
Console.WriteLine(a[0].Trim());
Console.WriteLine(a[1].Trim());
Here is a DEMO.
Use regex to get those value and then switch on the operand to do the calculation
string str = "51 + 6";
str = str.Replace(" ", "");
Regex regex = new Regex(#"(?<rightHand>\d+)(?<operand>\+|and)(?<leftHand>\d+)");
var match = regex.Match(str);
int rightHand = int.Parse(match.Groups["rightHand"].Value);
int leftHand = int.Parse(match.Groups["leftHand"].Value);
string op = match.Groups["operand"].Value;
switch (op)
{
case "+":
.
.
.
}
Split function maybe is comfortable in use but it is space inefficient
because it needs array of strings
Maybe Trim(), IndexOf(), Substring() can replace Split() function
I am working on an application which imports thousands of lines where every line has a format like this:
|* 9070183020 |04.02.2011 |107222 |M/S SUNNY MEDICOS |GHAZIABAD | 32,768.00 |
I am using the following Regex to split the lines to the data I need:
Regex lineSplitter = new Regex(#"(?:^\|\*|\|)\s*(.*?)\s+(?=\|)");
string[] columns = lineSplitter.Split(data);
foreach (string c in columns)
Console.Write("[" + c + "] ");
This is giving me the following result:
[] [9070183020] [] [04.02.2011] [] [107222] [] [M/S SUNNY MEDICOS] [] [GHAZIABAD] [] [32,768.00] [|]
Now I have two questions.
1. How do I remove the empty results. I know I can use:
string[] columns = lineSplitter.Split(data).Where(s => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(s)).ToArray();
but is there any built in method to remove the empty results?
2. How can I remove the last pipe?
Thanks for any help.
Regards,
Yogesh.
EDIT:
I think my question was a little misunderstood. It was never about how I can do it. It was only about how can I do it by changing the Regex in the above code.
I know that I can do it in many ways. I have already done it with the code mentioned above with a Where clause and with an alternate way which is also (more than two times) faster:
Regex regex = new Regex(#"(^\|\*\s*)|(\s*\|\s*)");
data = regex.Replace(data, "|");
string[] columns = data.Split(new[] { '|' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
Secondly, as a test case, my system can parse 92k+ such lines in less than 1.5 seconds in the original method and in less than 700 milliseconds in the second method, where I will never find more than a couple of thousand in real cases, so I don't think I need to think about the speed here. In my opinion thinking about speed in this case is Premature optimization.
I have found the answer to my first question: it cannot be done with Split as there is no such option built in.
Still looking for answer to my second question.
Regex lineSplitter = new Regex(#"[\s*\*]*\|[\s*\*]*");
var columns = lineSplitter.Split(data).Where(s => s != String.Empty);
or you could simply do:
string[] columns = data.Split(new char[] {'|'}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
foreach (string c in columns) this.textBox1.Text += "[" + c.Trim(' ', '*') + "] " + "\r\n";
And no, there is no option to remove empty entries for RegEx.Split as is for String.Split.
You can also use matches.
I think this may work as an equivalent to remove empty strings:
string[] splitter = Regex.Split(textvalue,#"\s").Where(s => s != String.Empty).ToArray<string>();
Don't use a regex at all in your case.
It doesn't seem you need one and regexes are much slower (and have a much higher overhead) than directly using the string functions.
So use somewhat like:
const Char[] splitChars = new Char[] {'|'};
string[] splitData = data.Split(splitChars, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
As an alternative to splitting, which is always going to cause trouble when your delimiters are also present at the beginning and end of the input, you can try matching the contents within the pipes:
foreach (var token in Regex.Matches(input, #"\|\*?\s*(\S[^|]*?)\s*(?=\|)"))
{
Console.WriteLine("[{0}]", token.Groups[1].Value);
}
// Prints the following:
// [9070183020]
// [04.02.2011]
// [107222]
// [M/S SUNNY MEDICOS]
// [GHAZIABAD]
// [32,768.00]
I might have the wrong idea here, but you just want to split the data string using the '|' character as a delimiter? In that case you couldtry:
string[] result = data.Split(new[] { "|" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Select(d => d.Trim()).ToArray();
This will return all the fields, without spaces and with empty fields removed. You can what you like in the Select part to format the results e.g.
.Select(d => "[" + d.Trim() + "]").ToArray();
Based on #Jaroslav Jandek's great answer, I wrote an extension method, I put that here, maybe it can save your time.
/// <summary>
/// String.Split with RemoveEmptyEntries option for clean up empty entries from result
/// </summary>
/// <param name="s">Value to parse</param>
/// <param name="separator">The separator</param>
/// <param name="index">Hint: pass -1 to get Last item</param>
/// <param name="wholeResult">Get array of split value</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static object CleanSplit(this string s, char separator, int index, bool wholeResult = false)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(s)) return "";
var split = s.Split(new char[] { separator }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
if (wholeResult) return split;
if (index == -1) return split.Last();
if (split[index] != null) return split[index];
return "";
}
1. How do I remove the empty results?
You can use LINQ to remove all entries that are equal to string.Empty :
string[] columns = lineSplitter.Split(data);
columns = columns.ToList().RemoveAll(c => c.Equals(string.Empty)).ToArray();
2. How can I remove the last pipe?
You can use LINQ here to remove all the entries equal to the character you want to remove :
columns = columns.ToList().RemoveAll(c => c.Equals("|")).ToArray();
How about this:
assuming we have a line:
line1="|* 9070183020 |04.02.2011 |107222 |M/S SUNNY MEDICOS |GHAZIABAD | 32,768.00 |";
we can have required result as:
string[] columns =Regex.Split(line1,"|");
foreach (string c in columns)
c=c.Replace("*","").Trim();
This will give following result:
[9070183020] [04.02.2011] [107222] [M/S SUNNY MEDICOS] [GHAZIABAD] [32,768.00]
use this solution:
string stringwithDelemeterNoEmptyValues= string.Join(",", stringwithDelemeterWithEmptyValues.Split(",".ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries));