Question

How can I strip a suffix from a string, and return it, using C#/LINQ? Example:

string[] suffixes = { "Plural", "Singular", "Something", "SomethingElse" };

string myString = "DeleteItemMessagePlural";

string stringWithoutSuffix = myString.???; // what do I do here?

// stringWithoutSuffix == "DeleteItemMessage"

Answer 1

var firstMatchingSuffix = suffixes.Where(myString.EndsWith).FirstOrDefault();
if (firstMatchingSuffix != null)
    myString = myString.Substring(0, myString.LastIndexOf(firstMatchingSuffix));