how to get the last name from string

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Hi,
My clientName is following:
1)MOHD ASHRAF
2)PRAMODE KUMAR MEHROTRA
3)SHUSHMA VERMA
4)KUMAR VIVEK MISHRA

i want to get his/her last name like{ASHRAF, MEHROTRA,VERMA,MISHRA}
so i will get plz tell me

Posted 19-Aug-13 23:13pm

sadhana4

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Solution 2

Try this:

C#

string tempName = "Ashok Kumar Malhotra";
string surname = tempName.Substring(tempName.LastIndexOf(' ') + 1);

Posted 19-Aug-13 23:25pm

Zafar Sultan

Solution 6

SQL server side query:

SQL

DECLARE @tmp TABLE (sName VARCHAR(300))

INSERT INTO @tmp (sName)
SELECT 'MOHD ASHRAF'
UNION ALL SELECT 'PRAMODE KUMAR MEHROTRA'
UNION ALL SELECT 'SHUSHMA VERMA'
UNION ALL SELECT 'KUMAR VIVEK MISHRA'

SELECT sName, SUBSTRING(sName,LEN(sName) - CHARINDEX(' ',REVERSE(sName)) + 2,LEN(sName)) AS LastName
FROM @tmp

Result:

MOHD ASHRAF		ASHRAF
PRAMODE KUMAR MEHROTRA	MEHROTRA
SHUSHMA VERMA		VERMA
KUMAR VIVEK MISHRA	MISHRA

Posted 20-Aug-13 2:52am

Maciej Los

Solution 4

You may split each string using the blank as separator and then take the last item of the resulting array, e.g.

C#

string fullname = "MOHD ASHRAF";
string [] names = fullname.Split(new char[] { ' ' });
string lastname = names[names.Length - 1];

Posted 19-Aug-13 23:26pm

CPallini

Solution 5

Hi,

Hope it helps,

C#

string name = "MOHD ASHRAF";
string lastName = name.Split().Last();

--SJ

Posted 19-Aug-13 23:41pm

codeninja-C#

Solution 1

C#

using System;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string name = "KUMAR VIVEK MISHRA";
          string [] nameArray = name.Split(new char[0]);
          string lastName = nameArray[nameArray.Length - 1];
          Console.WriteLine("Last name is {0}", lastName);
          Console.ReadKey();

        }
    }
}

Posted 19-Aug-13 23:23pm

Sandeep Singh Shekhawat

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Thomas Daniels · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-19T23:26:00

To get the last name, try this:

C#

public static class ExtensionMethods
{
     public static string GetLastname(this string name) // create this extension method
     {
          string[] parts = name.Split(new char[] { ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
          string lastname = parts[parts.Length - 1];
          return lastname;
     }
}

C#

string lastname = name.GetLastname(); // now, try this code to get the last name

If you've a list of names, and if you want to get a list of last names, then first create the GetLastname extension method, and then try this:

C#

List<string> lastnames = names.Select(x => x.GetLastname());

More about extension methods: Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide)[^]

Hope this helps.