I have a string of type "24;#usernamehere,#AWRFR\user,#,#,#usernamehere"
I want to split this string on the first appearance on # and , i.e i want a string to be fetched which is inbetween these two characters.
So for the above string i want the OUTPUT as:
usernamehere
How can i split a string in between two characters using Regex function?
A simple Regex Pattern might do the job:
var pattern = new System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex("#(?<name>.+?),");
test:
string s = @"24;#usernamehere,#AWRFR\user,#,#,#usernamehere";
pattern.Match(s).Groups["name"].Value; //usernamehere
Using Linq:
using System.Linq;
var input = @"24;#usernamehere,#AWRFR\user,#,#,#usernamehere";
You can split it with a single line:
var x = input.Split('#').Where(e => e.Contains(',')).Select(e => e.Split(',').First());
which is the same as:
var x = from e in input.Split('#')
where e.Contains(',')
select e.Split(',').First();
in both cases the result would be:
x = {"usernamehere", "AWRFR\user", "", ""}
Which is exactly an array with all substrings enclosed by # and ,.
Then if you want the first element just add .First() or do:
x.First();
You need to find the first index of '#' & ','. Then use substring method to get your required trimmed string. Read this for more details on substring method
string s = @"24;#usernamehere,#AWRFR\user,#,#,#usernamehere";
string finalString = s.Substring(s.IndexOf('#') + 1, s.IndexOf(',') - s.IndexOf('#') - 1);
Not exactly the way you asked for it, but should do what you want...
string input = @"24;#usernamehere,#AWRFR\user,#,#,#usernamehere";
string username = input.Substring(input.LastIndexOf("#") + 1);
If you wanted you could get the position of the first # and the ,
int hashPosition = input.IndexOf("#") + 1;
int commaPosition = input.IndexOf(",");
string username = input.Substring(hashPosition, commaPosition - hashPosition));
String.Split()? - msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y7h14879.aspx