Question

I am testing to cut the strings via C#, but I am not getting the results correctly.
It is still showing the full text exactString.

String exactString = ABC@@^^@@DEF
char[] Delimiter = { '@', '@', '^', '^', '@', '@' };
string getText1 = exactString.TrimEnd(Delimiter);
string getText2 = exactString.TrimStart(Delimiter);
MessageBox.Show(getText1);
MessageBox.Show(getText2);

OUTPUT:

ABC@@^^@@DEF for both getText1 and getText2.

Correct OUTPUT should be
ABC for getText1 and DEF for getText2.

How do I fix it?
Thanks.

Answer 1

You want to split your string, not trim it. Thus, the correct method to use is String.Split:

String exactString = "ABC@@^^@@DEF";
var result = exactString.Split(new string[] {"@@^^@@"}, StringSplitOptions.None);
Console.WriteLine(result[0]);  // outputs ABC
Console.WriteLine(result[1]);  // outputs DEF