Question

If i am using C# and i have a string coming in from a database like this:

\RBsDC\1031\2011\12\40\1031-215338-5DRH44PUEM2J51GRL7KNCIPV3N-META-ENG-22876500BBDE449FA54E7CF517B2863E.XML

And i only want this part of the string:

1031-215338-5DRH44PUEM2J51GRL7KNCIPV3N-META-ENG-22876500BBDE449FA54E7CF517B2863E.XML

How can i get this string if there is more than one “\” symbol?

Answer 1

You can use the LastIndexOf() method of the String class:

 string s = @"\RBsDC\1031\2011\12\40\1031-215338-5DRH44PUEM2J51GRL7KNCIPV3N-META-ENG-22876500BBDE449FA.xml";

 Console.Out.WriteLine(s.Substring(s.LastIndexOf('\\') + 1));

Hope, this helps.