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khar
khar

Reputation: 201

How to find if part of string belongs to a List

I have list as follows:

 readonly List<string> carMake = new List<string>
        {
            "Toyota",
            "Honda",
            "Audi",
            "Tesla"
        };

I have a string at runtime which is as follows: 

string strOutput = "Project1:Toyota:Corolla";

Now, I will like to use strOutput and carMake to make sure the string as correct car make. How do I do this using Linq?

I want to:

Upvotes: 0

Views: 73

Answers (2)

GregorMohorko
GregorMohorko

Reputation: 2857

Use the Any() method with a predicate to check if any of the strings in the carMake list is contained inside the strOutput:

return carMake.Any(i => strOutput.Contains(i));

OR, if your runtime string will always be in that format, you can split by ':' and compare to the value in the middle:

string runtimeValue = strOutput.Split(':')[1];
return carMake.Contains(runtimeValue);

Upvotes: 1

Matěj Pokorn&#253;
Matěj Pokorn&#253;

Reputation: 17855

List<string> carMake = new List<string> { "Toyota", "Honda", "Audi", "Tesla" };
string strOutput = "Project1:Toyota:Corolla";

string carBrand = strOutput.Split(':')[1];

bool result = carMake.Contains(carBrand);

Upvotes: 0

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