Separate values from a string

Question

I have a string, with data as shown below. How I read separately each property values.

ie PCIaaS_CardId=value; BillingFirstName=value;

PCIaaS_CardId=value&BillingFirstName=value&BillingLastName=value&BillingCompanyNamevalues=&BillingAddress1=value&BillingAddress2=values&BillingCity=value

It's not clear what you are asking. I assume the second line is an example of a string to be parsed? Is this a querystring from a URL, or does it just happen to have same/similar format? — Chris Ballard, Mar 06 '14 at 10:30

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 06 '14 at 10:33

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That looks like a HTTP query string, for which you can use HttpUtility.ParseQueryString.

edited Mar 06 '14 at 10:33

Chris Ballard

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answered Mar 06 '14 at 10:23

CompuChip

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Thanks CompuChip... :). You give a great thread. I found a similar question in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11956948/easiest-way-to-parse-querystring-formatted-data – ellickakudy rajeesh Mar 06 '14 at 10:32

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 06 '14 at 10:23

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var propertyParts = yourString.Split('&');
foreach (var propertyStr in propertyParts)
{
    var keyValue = propertyParts.Split('=');
}

answered Mar 06 '14 at 10:23

Sasha

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 06 '14 at 10:23

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You can convert string to dictionary:

Dictionary<string, string> values = 
    str.Split('&').Select(s => s.Split('=')).ToDictionary(a => a[0], a => a[1]);

Then getting value by key will look like:

string firstName = values["FirstName"];

answered Mar 06 '14 at 10:23

Sergey Berezovskiy

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 06 '14 at 10:28

string[] abc = "value&BillingFirstName=value&BillingLastName=value&BillingCompanyNamevalues=&BillingAddress1=value&BillingAddress2=values&BillingCity=value".Split(new char[] { '&' });

Then you can access it by abc[index]

OR

string[] abc = yourString.Split(new char[] { '&' });

Separate values from a string

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