Question

I have a dynamically formed string like –
part1.abc.part2.abc.part3.abc

In this string I want to know position of second to last “.” so that i can split string as
part1.abc.part2.abc and part3.abc

let me know is there any direct method available to get this?

Answer 1

string str = "part1.abc.part2.abc.part3.abc";
int ix1 = str.LastIndexOf('.');
int ix2 = ix1 > 0 ? str.LastIndexOf('.', ix1 - 1) : -1;

There are always lovers of Regexes (and jQuery), so I’ll give a Regex solution (for the jQuery solution you’ll have to wait 🙂 ):

var match = Regex.Match(str, @"\.[^\.]*\.", RegexOptions.RightToLeft);
int ix = match.Success ? match.Index : -1;

(note that I’m an hater of Regexes, I’m giving it to you so that you can have enough rope to hang yourself if you so choose).

Be aware that I’m using the RegexOptions.RightToLeft option so that the Regex starts at the last character.