How to substring a set of text received in vb.net?

Question

Hi All,

A set of text received as of format below.

AB123456789A123 123-12345-12 ABC: 12

The text length for the first subset text and second subset text varies but each subset text is separated by space.
How to grep the second subset text (123-12345-12) using VB.net?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi
One example:

 Dim mystring As String = "123-12345-12"
 Dim sp() As String = Split(mystring, "-"c)

 ' the array now holds the substrings
 ' sp(0) = 123  (string value)
 ' sp(1) = 12345
 ' sp(2) = 12

'OR, using first string

    Dim incoming As String = "AB123456789A123 123-12345-12 ABC: 12"
    Dim sp() As String = Split(incoming.Split(" "c)(1), "-"c)

    ' the array now holds the substrings
    ' sp(0) = 123  (string value)
    ' sp(1) = 12345
    ' sp(2) = 12

Answer 2

Hi @LesHay and All,

Sorry for the confusion.

A string/text (AB123456789A123 123-12345-12 ABC: 12) received has three subset of string/text.
The first subset of string/text is AB123456789A123
The second subset of string/text is 123-12345-12
The third subset of string/text is ABC: 12
Each subset of string/text is separated by space.
The length of the first subset of string/text (AB123456789A123) and the second subset of string/text (123-12345-12) is vary

How to grep the second subset of string/text (123-12345-12) and populate it in the text box?

Thank you.