how to split a string into arrary for the following case ?

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Hi all,

i have a string variable like below

C#

string strdata = "MobileP: 9712899082P: 123654789FaxG: 0265123456EmailG: abc@gmail.com";

now i want to split data into array like below

C#

string[] arraydata = {"MobileP: 9712899082","P: 123654789","FaxG: 0265123456","EmailG: abc@gmail.com"};

once i get this array i can further split this by ":" and get data which i want.
can someone please help me how to solve this ?

Posted 22-May-14 21:24pm

ravikhoda

Updated 22-May-14 21:25pm

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Solution 1

Use the string's split [^] method and split on space.
You can pass a string [] as parameter so optionally you could pass " " and ":"...

C#

string [] arraydata = strdata.split(new string[]{" "}, StringSplitOptions.None);

Hope this helps.

Posted 22-May-14 21:28pm

V.

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ravikhoda 23-May-14 3:37am

this will give me output like below

string [] arraydata = {"MobileP:","9712899082P:","123654789FaxG:","0265123456EmailG:","abc@gmail.com"};

which will not work. what is the thing is mobilep,faxg,emailg are my keywords(i can use a space to separate that)but this structure is coming from some third party so can not change it. one more thing the order of the data is also not fixed it may be possible that faxg comes first and then come emailg and so on..

V. 23-May-14 4:08am

I see, but in that case you only need to change the array you pass into the split method like DamithSL showed...

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DamithSL · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-22T21:44:00

Solution 2

C#

var strdata = "MobileP: 9712899082P: 123654789FaxG: 0265123456EmailG: abc@gmail.com";
var values  = strdata.Split(new string[]{"MobileP: ", "P: ", "FaxG: ", "EmailG: "},  
                           System.StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).ToArray();

now you can use the values as below

C#

var MobileP = values[0];
var P = values[1];
var FaxG = values[2];
var EmailG = values[3];

Posted 22-May-14 21:44pm

DamithSL

Updated 22-May-14 21:46pm

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CPallini 23-May-14 3:53am

5.

DamithSL 23-May-14 3:58am

Thanks you CPallini

ravikhoda 23-May-14 4:56am

thanks this works like a charm :) +5

DamithSL 23-May-14 4:58am

you are welcome!

Animesh Datta 23-May-14 5:28am

my 5!

DamithSL 23-May-14 5:45am

Thank you Animesh!

[no name] 23-May-14 5:43am

Great. 5.

DamithSL 23-May-14 5:45am

Thank you idle63!

_Asif_ · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-22T22:29:00

Try this

C#

string input = "MobileP: 9712899082P: 123654789FaxG: 0265123456EmailG: abc@gmail.com";
string pattern = @"(\w+:\s\d+)";
string[] substrings = Regex.Split(input, pattern);
List<string> result = substrings.Where(item => item != "").ToList() ;
foreach (string match in result)
{
   Console.WriteLine("'{0}'", match);
}