[RESOLVED] Strings and numbers

[hepeci]

Hello everybody!

I'm interested in: how to split for example this record:

ab ab ab 22.04.2009

So, I want to have two variables.

A: ab ab ab

B: 22.04.2009

So, first string will always be a one word (or more), and the another string will always be number (always as date)

Thanks!

[The Fire Snake]

Well first I need to know what if any assumptions there are. Meaning, does the date portion of the string always exist in DD/MM/YYYY format? Does the date always occur at the end of the string? That way you know that the date portion of the string is always 10 characters long(including the periods). Using this info you can subtract that value from the length of the string and use that to determine where the text and date portion of the string begins. Here is an example...

Dim Record as String = "ab ab ab 22.04.2009"
Dim WordPartOfRecord as String
Dim DatePartOfRecord as DateTime

WordPartOfRecord = Record.Substring(0, (Record.Length - 10))
DatePartOfRecord = Convert.ToDateTime(Record.SubString(WordPartOfRecord.Length+1))

[hepeci]

Thank you!

[stanav]

As long as all your dates having the same format dd.MM.yyyy then that code will work. If any of the dates is in short format, for example 22.4.2009 or 1.2.2010 instead of 22.04.2009 or 01.02.2010 then that code will not work.

[The Fire Snake]

As long as all your dates having the same format dd.MM.yyyy then that code will work. If any of the dates is in short format, for example 22.4.2009 or 1.2.2010 instead of 22.04.2009 or 01.02.2010 then that code will not work.

Thats right. It all depends on the data and the assumptions you can make and he would know that.