Question

I have strings that all have different lengths.
e.g.

str1 = "This is new job ----First Message----- This is reopened ";
str2 = "Start Process ----First Message----- Is this process closed? <br/> no ----First Message-----";

Now these string shall always have the "----First Message-----" in it.
What I need is to trim or split the string in such a way that I only get the part left of the FIRST TIME the "----First Message-----" occurs.

So in case of str1 result should be “This is new job ”
For str2 it should be "Start Process "

How can this be done in C#?

Answer 1

string stringStart = str1.Substring(0, str1.IndexOf("----First Message-----"));