search string for substring c# code example

Example 1: c# find where word is contained in a string

public static string getBetween(string strSource, string strStart, string strEnd)
{
    int Start, End;
    if (strSource.Contains(strStart) && strSource.Contains(strEnd))
    {
        Start = strSource.IndexOf(strStart, 0) + strStart.Length;
        End = strSource.IndexOf(strEnd, Start);
        return strSource.Substring(Start, End - Start);
    }
    else
    {
        return "";
    }
}

Example 2: how to look for substring in string in c#

String phrase = "this is the ultimate string";

Console.WriteLine(phrase.Contains("this")); //returns True
Console.WriteLine(phrase.Contains("python")); //returns False