Checking multiple contains on one string

Question

So I have a conditional that currently looks like this...

if (input.Contains(\",\") || input.Contains(\"/\") || input.Contains(@\"\\\") || input.Contains(\".         


        

Answer 1

How about this?

    if(input.IndexOfAny(new char[] { ',', '/', '\\', '.' })>=0)
    {

    }

Answer 2

You could use some Linq:

if ( ",/\\.".ToCharArray().Any( c => input.Contains( c ) ) )

Answer 3

You could use String.IndexOfAny -- it will scan the string for any one of a set of characters in an array:

if (e.Label.IndexOfAny(new char[]{',', '/', @'\', '.' /* other chars here */}) > -1)

Answer 4

"asdfasdf".ContainsAny(".","/","4");

public static bool ContainsAny(this string stringToCheck, params string[] parameters)
{
    return parameters.Any(parameter => stringToCheck.Contains(parameter));
}

Answer 5

An extension method could make things look clean. Have a look at the following.

 public static bool ContainsChar(this string input, params char[] characters)
        {
            foreach (var character in characters)
            {
                if (input.Contains(character))
                {
                    return true;
                }
            }
            return false;
        }

The method's parameters are variadic, so you can add as many chars as you want separated by commas. If you're not comfortable using extension methods, modify to the following:

public static bool ContainsChar(string input, params char[] characters)
            {
                foreach (var character in characters)
                {
                    if (input.Contains(character))
                    {
                        return true;
                    }
                }
                return false;
            }

Example usage follows:

string myString = "this is my string";
//extension
if (myString.ContainsChar('.', '*', '%')) //do something

//static method
if (ContainsChar(myString, '.', '*', '%')) //do something

Answer 6

Consider using Regex (specify characters you want to check in brackets - remember that some of them must be escaped):

Regex.IsMatch(input, @"[,/]");

or

new[] {",", "/"}.Any(input.Contains)