Get string between two strings in a string

Question

I have a string like:

\"super exemple of string key : text I want to keep - end of my string\"

I want to just keep the string which is betw

Answer 1

or, with a regex.

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

...

var value =
    Regex.Match(
        "super exemple of string key : text I want to keep - end of my string",
        "key : (.*) - ")
    .Groups[1].Value;

with a running example.

You can decide if its overkill.

or

as an under validated extension method

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

public class Test
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        var value =
                "super exemple of string key : text I want to keep - end of my string"
                    .Between(
                        "key : ",
                        " - ");

        Console.WriteLine(value);
    }
}

public static class Ext
{
    static string Between(this string source, string left, string right)
    {
        return Regex.Match(
                source,
                string.Format("{0}(.*){1}", left, right))
            .Groups[1].Value;
    }
}