Get a part of string in C#

Question

I am trying to get a part of an string in C#
My string is:

svn://mcdssrv/repos/currecnt/class/MBackingBean.java

and I want this part of string:

svn://mcdssrv/repos/currecnt/class/

How can I get the above?

Answer 1

Do this with String.Remove()

string s = "svn://mcdssrv/repos/currecnt/class/MBackingBean.java";
Console.WriteLine(s.Remove(s.LastIndexOf('/'))+"/");

DEMO

Answer 2

One more way to do that:

string str = "svn://mcdssrv/repos/currecnt/class/MBackingBean.java";
string s = Regex.Match(str, ".*/").Value;

Answer 3

Try this with String.Substring:

string str = "svn://mcdssrv/repos/currecnt/class/MBackingBean.java";
str = str.Substring(0,str.LastIndexOf('/')+1);