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

You already have some good answers and I realize the code I am providing is far from the most efficient and clean. However, I thought it might be useful for educational purposes. We can use pre-built classes and libraries all day long. But without understanding the inner-workings, we are simply mimicking and repeating and will never learn anything. This code works and is more basic or "virgin" than some of the others:

char startDelimiter = ':';
char endDelimiter = '-';

Boolean collect = false;

string parsedString = "";

foreach (char c in originalString)
{
    if (c == startDelimiter)
         collect = true;

    if (c == endDelimiter)
         collect = false;

    if (collect == true && c != startDelimiter)
         parsedString += c;
}

You end up with your desired string assigned to the parsedString variable. Keep in mind that it will also capture proceeding and preceding spaces. Remember that a string is simply an array of characters that can be manipulated like other arrays with indices etc.

Take care.