C# How to copy strings from web response

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How can I get and copy to table specified strings from response(I Think that it is same as getting from any text)?

I mean that for example I am getting response like:

PSEUDO CODE:

"blablabla... rank:1, name:string1, blablabla, rank:2, name:string2... "

I would like to get and copy string1,string2,string3,..., to table. How can I do IT?

Do you really get data in such format from web server? Not JSON, XML or HTML? — Alexei Levenkov, Dec 07 '13 at 00:43
If you are having a problem with your JSON, please do not post *pseudo*-JSON! — Kirk Woll, Dec 07 '13 at 00:54
Be more precise with your question, is completely vague, we can't understand if the answer is a json or what. If you want help, you must help us first understanding you. — Francesco Belladonna, Dec 07 '13 at 00:58

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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You probably need (I'm not sure, question is not very clever) to parse JSON into a C# collection of some type (if the response is JSON) and then you can access data easily.

To parse JSON, see this question: How can I parse JSON with C#?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered Dec 07 '13 at 00:26

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Can't be JSON: `name:string1` would have to be `name:"string1"` – Eugen Rieck Dec 07 '13 at 00:28
He said "pseudocode", quotes can definitely be omitted I think – Francesco Belladonna Dec 07 '13 at 00:35

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 07 '13 at 00:31

Assuming your result is really not JSON (see my comment to @Fire-Dragon-DoL), I would recommen parsing this with a regex:

use "name:([^,])" to capture a single string
Use either the combination IList-ToArray()-Join(",") or a StringBuilder to concatenate

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 07 '13 at 00:37

You can use Regex to match the names and get the values in an array.

string input = "blablabla... rank:1, name:string1, blablabla, rank:2, name:string2";

string[] result = Regex.Matches(input, @"name:(?<Name>[^,]+)")
    .OfType<Match>()
    .Select(o => o.Groups["Name"].Value)
    .ToArray();

C# How to copy strings from web response

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