Does C# have built-in support for parsing strings of page numbers? By page numbers, I mean the format you might enter into a print dialog that\'s a mixture of comma and das
The answer I came up with:
static IEnumerable ParseRange(string str)
{
var numbers = str.Split(',');
foreach (var n in numbers)
{
if (!n.Contains("-"))
yield return n;
else
{
string startStr = String.Join("", n.TakeWhile(c => c != '-'));
int startInt = Int32.Parse(startStr);
string endStr = String.Join("", n.Reverse().TakeWhile(c => c != '-').Reverse());
int endInt = Int32.Parse(endStr);
var range = Enumerable.Range(startInt, endInt - startInt + 1)
.Select(num => num.ToString());
foreach (var s in range)
yield return s;
}
}
}