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user3103588
user3103588

Reputation: 1

Match the pattern in the string using c#

Let's say my texts are:

New York, NY is where I live.
Boston, MA is where I live.
Kentwood in the Pines, CA is where I live.

How do I extract just "New York", "Boston", "Kentwood in the Pines".

I can extract State name by pattern @"\b,\s(?"<"state">"\w\w)\s\w+\s\w+\s\w\s\w+"

I am using regular expression but I'm not able to figure out how to extract city names as city names can be more than two words or three.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 164

Answers (2)

shujaat siddiqui
shujaat siddiqui

Reputation: 1577

this is want you need ..

static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string exp = "New York, NY is where I live. Boston, MA is where I live. Kentwood in the Pines, CA is where I live.";
        string reg = @"[\w\s]*(?=,)";
        var matches = Regex.Matches(exp, reg);
        foreach (Match m in matches)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(m.ToString());
        }

        Console.ReadLine();
    }

Upvotes: 2

Haney
Haney

Reputation: 34802

Just substring from the beginning of the string to the first comma:

var city = input.Substring(0, input.IndexOf(','));

This will work if your format is always [City], [State] is where I live. and [City] never contains a comma.

Upvotes: 2

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