Question

I am trying to see if the string contains a specific format. For example if someone types a phone number 1234567890 I need to force a person to enter a phone number in a specific format.
(###) ###-####. I am make changes to a vended program where the design of the program is terrible where you cannot force the formatting within a form. So, I was wondering if there is a way to use string.contains(“(###) ###-####”) or any other help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

sounds like you want to use regular expressions (aka Regex) Regex is usually the best route to go when trying to get or check strings against a pattern.

here is MSDN docs and here is a decent how-to on codeproject

a quick google will show you tons and tons of examples,tutorials, and libraries of expressions