C# obtain data from filename

Question

In a C# 2008 desktop application I want to obtain data that is part of the file name. I want to obtain the following: 1. Data that is the first character to where the first '_' is located 2. data from the first '_' to the second '_'. Thus can you tell me how to code the above using C#.net 2008?

Vulpes · Answer

Use: string[] items = fileName.Split('_'); items[0] will be the portion to the first _ and then items[1] will be the portion from the first _ to the second _. These will exclude the underscores themselves.

Vulpes · Answer

You could deal with that situation (or even two hyphen delimiters) by replacing this line: string[] items = fileName.Split('_'); with this: string[] items = fileName.Split(new char[]{'_' '-'});