how to parse to string

hallo,

I have a url string like this "http://www.cwe-projects.eu/bscw/bscw.cgi/695646". how can find final slash and retreive only the no ?.. (i mean the no 695646).

thank you.

Dinesh.

re: how to parse to string

Several options. One natural one is to read the thing from the end and stop when you hit the first /. Methods in the String class will of particular interest to you here.

re: how to parse to string

take a look at this:

re: how to parse to string

You could also consider using the Uri object, it handles the parsing of http:// links like that. Then you can simply pick out the piece(s) that you want

re: how to parse to string

Or you could use Regular Expressions (Add the using/imports to System.Text.RegularExpressions)

It's not necessarily as easy to read as the SubString method, and may not be quite as intuitive as the URI method suggested by the previous guys, but it's tidy and simple enough.

There's many ways to skin this cat - it's really down to a matter of your coding style, performance and ease of maintenance. It's really your call on which method you choose to complete this task.

re: how to parse to string

One more option includes the String.Split method, which will break your string up into an array of strings around a set delimiter, in your case: the '/' char. Then just use the last string in the array.

So, yeah....you have a lot of options ;)

This MSDN link may be of interest to you.

re: how to parse to string

When you're after the substring at the end of a string, you can omit the length parameter: