divide substring

[punjabplus]

hi
i have long text of around 1000 words i want this text to divide in two text . and i want to pick first text from 5th (.) dot coming in the text. how can i do this i know the use of substring and also split function in asp.net . but problum is that how can i pick from 5th(.) dot coming in the text please help me thanks in advance.

[tlhintoq]

You could split it into an array of many instead of just two, splitting on all the periods. Then combine the first 4 back into 1 string, and all the remainder into another.

string bob = "asd.wetr.wrt6y.sdfg.edgh";
string[] bobArray = bob.Split(new char[]{'.'},5);//2nd param is max number of splits so this will make 4 little parts at each period, then leave the rest as the 5th big part.
string Part1 = bobArray[0] + bobArray[1] + bobArray[2] + bobArray[3];// brute force but meant for demonstrative purpose
string Part2 = bobArray[4];