Splitting Strings

[pkj7461]

I want to split a string based on a pattern. my string is something like this.

10/8/2007 5:03:06 PM thakurab *************RECIVED MAIL FROM MIKE FOR THE PQR AND DPS CRETION*********************** PQR Start Time: 10/08/07 16:29:09 New PQR State: Assigned Respond Due Date: 10/09/07 00:29:09 Resolve Due Date: 10/10/07 16:29:09 Resolved On: 10/8/2007 5:23:40 PM pandeyra



usually, there is date/time in the start of sentence followed by the name(thakurab, in this case). the string has to split after this combination. the result shuld be something like this:




10/8/2007 5:03:06 PM thakurab

*************RECIVED MAIL FROM MIKE FOR THE PQR AND DPS CRETION*********************** PQR Start Time: 10/08/07 16:29:09 New PQR State: Assigned Respond Due Date: 10/09/07 00:29:09 Resolve Due Date: 10/10/07 16:29:09

10/8/2007 5:23:40 PM pandeyra


plz guide me through this. Also, will regex help in achieving this?

Thanks,
Prasanna.

[nateraaaa]

Where are your strings coming from? XML, database, textfile? If you know the name that you are looking for you could use the IndexOf method to find the name then insert a <br> tag to create a new line. Provide more info please.

Nathan

[Shashi Sadasivan]

What happened to "Resolved On: " ? :P
yes regex will seem to be very helpful as you know you have to find the indexes of the dates.
Except you have to figure out which date to split the string from.

cheers

[KnightHack]

You have to know 1st format

inside this string getting 2 date times and

everytime the format is changing,if you use regex also be how u get,

TRY THIS

dim str as string = "ffdfdsf f23183913 fdsfsf ********* "

STR = STR.SUBSTRING(0 OR 1 ,INSTR(STR,"**") - 0 OR 1)
GOOD LUCK

[r035198x]

Will the String.Split method help?