Filtering a String

[High_D]

Whats the best way to go about filtering out text from a String (1 line)

For example, I need to grab "CP6111DYSXB759" from the following line (There are always 4 spaces at the beginning of the line, but the text after is varys in length). Im thinking maybe the Trim function, and I know how to remove the starting spaces, it's the crap at the end I'm not sure of.

CP6111DYSXB759 <00> UNIQUE Registered

[sonnyzhang]

There must be a key string you know where to end. In your example, it should be "<00>". Then you can find out the position of "<00>" and get the sub-string before that position. Is it what you want?

Sonny

[High_D]

Thats exactly what I'm looking for, however the "<00>" can also change, so " <" would be the best bet. Which function will give me the pos of that sub?

[bytz]

You might look at the Split method, as long as the substring you're looking for ends with a space... IndexOf would also work to find the first deliminator/space...

[bytz]

Originally posted by High_D
Thats exactly what I'm looking for, however the "<00>" can also change, so " <" would be the best bet. Which function will give me the pos of that sub?

You should be able to use split or indexof with the '<' or the space.

[torrud]

you can also use a RegEx and looking from the begin to a mark which not is a char or a number.

[High_D]

Can you spot the new line?

else if(split[p]=="=")
{
	nbtStats += "\t" + split[p+1].TrimEnd(new Char[] {' ','\n'});
	nbtStats += this.WhoOwnsThisMAC(split[p+1].TrimEnd(new Char[] {' ','\n'}));
}

This is the output

144.250.247.42 DL130JZ11 00-08-74-2B-13-94
Dell Computer Corp.

It seems to add a new line feed after the MAC is printed...If I just print out "test" after the mac it also jumps to the next line (so it's not a word wrap or that line itself, it must be the MAC line).

Any suggestions?

[High_D]

I cut my losses and SubStringed it...

nbtStats += "," + split[p+1].Substring(0,split[p+1].Length-6);