Question

How to split a string at the first occurrence of a separator in C#

Answer 1

using System;

public class Program
{
	public static void Main(string[] args)
	{
		string str = "java go c c++ python c#";

		string[] parts = str.Split("c", 2); // Limit to 2 splits

		Console.WriteLine(parts[0]);
		Console.WriteLine(parts[1]);
	}
}




/*
run:

java go 
 c++ python c#
     
*/

 

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Answer 2

using System;

public class Program
{
	public static void Main(string[] args)
	{
		string str = "java go c c++ python c#";
		
		int pos = str.IndexOf("c", StringComparison.Ordinal);
		
		string part1 = "", part2 = "";

		if (pos != -1) {
			part1 = str.Substring(0, pos);
			part2 = str.Substring(pos);
		}

		Console.WriteLine(part1);
		Console.WriteLine(part2);
	}
}



/*
run:
 
java go 
c c++ python c#
 
*/

 

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