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edsonski
edsonski

Reputation: 63

String Trim/Substring C#

I have a problem with getting a certain characters in a string. For example, if a person has 2 names in his first name, I'd only like to get the first one.

First Name: Jan Edson

Output: Jan

I've been trying the Trim() method but It only removes extra whitespaces. I haven't tried Substring() yet.

Are there other ways? Please help.

Thanks!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4280

Answers (4)

Taj
Taj

Reputation: 1728

you need to identify the space

For eg.

            String Name = "sdf fsd";
            FirstName = Name .Substring(0, Name.IndexOf(' '));

Upvotes: 1

David
David

Reputation: 4067

There are several ways to achieve this. One of them is using String.Split

    string text = "Jan Edson";
    char[] delimiterChars = { ' ', ',', '.', ':', '\t' };
    string[] words = text.Split(delimiterChars);
    string firstName = "";
    if (words.Count > 1)
        firstName = word[0];

Upvotes: 0

Buh Buh
Buh Buh

Reputation: 7546

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
string firstName = Regex.Match("Jan Edson", @"\w*").ToString();

Upvotes: 3

Myrtle
Myrtle

Reputation: 5851

You should use String.Split() and split by the whitespace character. This will result in an array with both Jan and Edson

        // The input string
        const string name = "Jan Edson";

        // Split by the spacebar
        var nameParts = name.Split(' ');

        // Will return 'Jan'
        string firstPart = nameParts[0];

Upvotes: 4

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