Question

I need to check if a string pattern in the array is contained in a string.
I am using the following code but it matches the exact string contained in the array not the pattern so the following will fail.
How can I do this?

String[] stringArrayToBlock = { "#", "/", "string1:", "string2" };
String SearchString = "String1:sdfsfsdf";

 if (stringArrayToBlock.Contains(SearchString.Trim().ToLower()))
 { 
   //Do work
 }

Answer 1

I guess you should do it vice versa. Besides, if you’re open to LINQ, Enumerable.Any Method is very handy:

string[] stringArrayToBlock = { "#", "/", "string1:", "string2" };
string SearchString = "String1:sdfsfsdf";
string lowerCaseString = SearchString.Trim().ToLower();
if (stringArrayToBlock.Any(s => lowerCaseString.Contains(s)))    
{
    //Do work
}