Question

I want a functionality ,where user can enter some text in a textbox,and based on some predefined characters ,i have to identify different attributes user can be linked to.
For example : In the textbox user enters as:
“Hello @Sunil you are going to work on #Desktop which has a priority of !1”

Now from this data,i want to extract the name of the developer,i.e based on @..which is sunil.
name of the team based on # char,which is desktop..and priority of task,based on !char which is 1.

This data will be entered on a website,used for task management and admins will enter this…
So that then it becomes fast entry of tasks…for admins.

I can split the data and process it…but then there are too many permutations and combinations in which order chars(#,@,!) may be entered.

I tried something like this,but it didnt helped:

if (TitleText.Contains("#") && TitleText.Contains("@") && TitleText.Contains("!"))
{

        string[] arr = TitleText.Split('#', '@', '!');
        title = arr[0];
        devName = arr[1].Trim().ToLower();
        devTeam = arr[2].Trim().ToLower();
        prio = Convert.ToInt32(arr[3]);
    } else if (TitleText.Contains("#") && TitleText.Contains("@")) {
        string[] arr = TitleText.Split('#', '@');
        title = arr[0];
        devName = arr[1].Trim().ToLower();
        devTeam = arr[2].Trim().ToLower();
        // prio = Convert.ToInt32(arr[3]);
    } else if (TitleText.Contains("#") && TitleText.Contains("!")) {
        string[] arr = TitleText.Split('#', '!');
        title = arr[0];
        devName = arr[1].Trim().ToLower();
        //devTeam = arr[2];
        prio = Convert.ToInt32(arr[2]);
    } else if (TitleText.Contains("@") && TitleText.Contains("!")) {
        string[] arr = TitleText.Split('@', '!');
        title = arr[0];
        // devName = arr[1];
        devTeam = arr[1].Trim().ToLower();
        prio = Convert.ToInt32(arr[2]);
    } else if (TitleText.Contains("#")) {
        string[] arr = TitleText.Split('#');
        title = arr[0];
        devName = arr[1].Trim().ToLower();
        //devTeam = arr[1];
        //prio = Convert.ToInt32(arr[2]);
    } else if (TitleText.Contains("@")) {
        string[] arr = TitleText.Split('@');
        title = arr[0];
        // devName = arr[1];
        devTeam = arr[1].Trim().ToLower();
        //prio = Convert.ToInt32(arr[2]);
    } else if (TitleText.Contains("!")) {
        string[] arr = TitleText.Split('!');
        title = arr[0];
        // devName = arr[1];
        //devTeam = arr[1];
        prio = Convert.ToInt32(arr[1]);
    }

Answer 1

Try with regex

string Name=Regex.Match(SubjectString, "@(.*?) ").Groups[1].Value;
string Comp=Regex.Match(SubjectString, "#(.*?) ").Groups[1].Value;
string Priort=Regex.Match(SubjectString, "!(.*?) ").Groups[1].Value;