How to get the Index of second comma in a string
I just wrote this Extension method, so you can get the nth index of any sub-string in a string.
Note: To get the index of the first instance, use nth = 0
.
public static class Extensions
{
public static int IndexOfNth(this string str, string value, int nth = 0)
{
if (nth < 0)
throw new ArgumentException("Can not find a negative index of substring in string. Must start with 0");
int offset = str.IndexOf(value);
for (int i = 0; i < nth; i++)
{
if (offset == -1) return -1;
offset = str.IndexOf(value, offset + 1);
}
return offset;
}
}
You have to use code like this.
int index = s.IndexOf(',', s.IndexOf(',') + 1);
You may need to make sure you do not go outside the bounds of the string though. I will leave that part up to you.