Question

What I am trying to do is split a string, depending on its length, so I can assign certain sections of it, to different textboxes.

if (str.Length <= 2)
{
    textbox1.Text = str; //(the first textbox is 2 characters long, so this is fine)
}
else if() //this is where I need to split the first two characters 
          //into the first textbox, then the next 2 into a second 
          //textbox, than anything left over into the third textbox

Say the value of the string is 123456789, I would want 89 in the first box, 67 in the second, and 12345 in the third, if that makes sense.

Answer 1

Something like this?

string theString = "123456789";

System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex re = new System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex("^(.+?)(.{1,2}?)?(.{1,2})$");
System.Text.RegularExpressions.Match m = re.Match(theString)

this.TextBox1.Text = m.Groups[3].Value
this.TextBox2.Text = m.Groups[2].Value
this.TextBox3.Text = m.Groups[1].Value

Edit: Oh, you’re going backwards. Fixed.

Edit 2: I’m sick of Substring and math 🙂