Find what comes after a match in a string

[GreyMatter]

Hi.

I'm trying to find out (isolate) the numbers that following a certain text match in a string.

Example: "pageid=4&ctl=allowed&sectionid=235&numberid=5 5"

In this example, I want to find the text match of "sectionid=". I then want whatever numbers are are after it - in this case it would be "235". But I need ONLY the numbers that fall between "sectionid=" and "&numberid=", since the numbers could be any amount (eg. 235, 2000000, 2, etc).

Thank you for your time and assistance!!!

[IronRazer]

You can do this using a few of the String methods or by using RegularExpressions. It would be best to learn the String methods before jumping into RegularExpressions though. That can be a little confusing if you are not used to it.

Here is a simple example you can check out.

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim str As String = "pageid=4&ctl=allowed&sectionid=235&numberid=5 5"
 
        Dim find As String = "sectionid="
        Dim startindex As Integer = str.IndexOf(find)
        Dim endindex As Integer = str.IndexOf("&", startindex)
 
        Dim number As String = str.Substring(startindex + find.Length, endindex - (startindex + find.Length))
 
        MessageBox.Show(number)
    End Sub
 

[GreyMatter]

Ahhh ... perfect! Thank you!

I was trying to do this with a method of ".Split("sectionid=") to parse out the info. Mistake.

Your solution is exactly where I should have been going from the start.