Get word from string that is a bunch of fused words

Question

I'm trying to get a word from a bunch of randomtyped characters or words, for example, I want check if the word dog exists in the following string:

string animal = "MyNewdogIsVeryPlayful";

How would I manage this?

How do you mean, you want the word `dog`? Do you want a boolean response to tell you whether the string contains "dog" or not? — Kjartan, Nov 12 '13 at 13:57
@StevenBorges Show your attempts next time and you won't get downvoted. Otherwise this appears as a "do it for me" kind of question. — tnw, Nov 12 '13 at 14:03
I took the liberty of editing the question so it reflects what you really wanted. — Kjartan, Nov 12 '13 at 14:14

score 9 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

9

How about:

string animal = "MyNewdogIsVeryPlayful";
bool containsDog = animal.ToUpperInvariant().Contains("DOG");

This will work regardless of the casing of the original string.

If the string is camel-cased, and you want to split the string up to get the constituent words, have a look at this answer here.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

Community

answered Nov 12 '13 at 14:00

Baldrick

Kjartan · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-12T14:08:49.297

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string animal = "MyNewdogIsVeryPlayful";
bool isDogContained = animal.Contains("dog");

Assuming you want to check for different animals, you could create an extension method (place it in a separate static class):

public static bool Contains(this string listOfAnimals, string animalToSearchFor){
    return listOfAnimals.Contains(animalToSearchFor);
}

That will let you do e.g.:

bool doesItContainLion = "MyNewdogIsVeryPlayful".Contains("lion");

edited Nov 12 '13 at 14:08

answered Nov 12 '13 at 14:00

Kjartan

I know. But then, that was what he wanted! :) (See my comment below the OP). – Kjartan Nov 12 '13 at 14:02
I think the OP said in his comments that this is exactly what he wants. – Baldrick Nov 12 '13 at 14:02
Yes it's what I wanted, thanks Kjartan, at first it didn't work for me, but then I realized I used the wrong variable in my code, so I thought .Contains didn't actualy work! – Steven Borges Nov 12 '13 at 14:15

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