Question

This is a simple newbie question. I could probably figure this out using some complicated method of string like substring and other methods but I was wondering if there is a better way to do this.

Say I have a string in C#:

string foo = "°F";

What is best way to break that into two different strings where I have “deg” and “F”?

I see what was happening. stackflow was interpreting the HTML. It is actually (ampersand)deg(semicolon)F.

Sorry folks it was late when I posted that last night.

Answer 1

I dunno if it’s “complicated” but:

string degree = foo[0].ToString();
string f = foo[1].ToString();

I feel like you’ve chosen an overly simple example though. Are you really dealing with a two character string, or are you trying to do something more interesting?

Update: Well, I still think you must be trying to do something harder here. But here’s another way: (hat tip: @James Didzun)

string f = foo.Replace("°","");
string deg = foo.Replace("F", "");

Or you could do:

string deg = foo.Substring(0, 5);
string f = foo.Substring(5,1);

Or:

 var deg =  new string(foo.TakeWhile(c => c != 'F').ToArray());
 var f = foo.SkipWhile(c => c != 'F').First().ToString();

Or:

string[] x = foo.Split(';');
string deg = x[0] + ";";
string f = x[1];

Or:

string deg = "°"
string f = "F";

Personally, I prefer this last approach. Why are you splitting a string that you know the EXACT contents of?