NewMom2Brandon
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trim a string
I need to trim a string. What I need to trim off is anything following the first number(s)
for example
1 black cat jumped false true 1
12 red cat sat true false 2
123 Yellow dog sat true false 2
So all I want is the 1, 12 or 123.
How do I go about doing this. So basically anything following the first number. I can't set a length for the number becasue it is incremented based on the number of entries the user adds on another form.
for example
1 black cat jumped false true 1
12 red cat sat true false 2
123 Yellow dog sat true false 2
So all I want is the 1, 12 or 123.
How do I go about doing this. So basically anything following the first number. I can't set a length for the number becasue it is incremented based on the number of entries the user adds on another form.
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Hi NewMom2Brandon;
This solution uses Regular Expressions. The variable will have the results, the first digits in the string.
using System.Text.RegularExpress
string input = "1 black cat jumped false true 1";
Match m = Regex.Match(input, @"\s*?(\d+)");
string results = m.Groups[1].Value;
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This solution uses Regular Expressions. The variable will have the results, the first digits in the string.
using System.Text.RegularExpress
string input = "1 black cat jumped false true 1";
Match m = Regex.Match(input, @"\s*?(\d+)");
string results = m.Groups[1].Value;
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