Getting a Text between two texts

Question

I'm trying to get a text that is placed between two word.

Project Name - this is the text I want to get, Contact Name -

how can I get exactly the Project Name without the first text and the last?

I Tried this code but it takes the Contact Name content too:

int Place1 = SecondText.IndexOf("Project Name");
int Place2 = SecondText.IndexOf("Contact Name");
Name = SecondText.Substring(Place1, Place2);
NameTB.Text = Name;

I have created a Cleaner function which deletes the words Project Name and Contact Name But the contact name stays in my string.

Thanks for helping.

you are best using Regex for this. Regex is designed for pattern matching. — Ahmed ilyas, Jul 22 '14 at 08:43

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 22 '14 at 08:43

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Put it like that:

  String SecondText = "Project Name - this is the text I want to get, Contact Name -";

  // Pay attention to + + "Project Name".Length; and - Place1
  int Place1 = SecondText.IndexOf("Project Name") + "Project Name".Length;
  int Place2 = SecondText.IndexOf("Contact Name") - Place1;
  Name = SecondText.Substring(Place1, Place2);

answered Jul 22 '14 at 08:43

Dmitry Bychenko

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Thanks Dimitry, works great. even this one works: Name = SecondText.Substring(Place1, Place2 - Place1); – user2992413 Jul 22 '14 at 08:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '14 at 08:45

try this code

string SecondText = "Project Name - this is the text I want to get, Contact Name";
string result = SecondText.Replace("Project Name - ","");
int Place2 = result.IndexOf(", Contact Name");
string Name = result.Substring(0, Place2);

i hope this works for you

Getting a Text between two texts

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