Text break into two part

[OriginalGriff]

You are looking for the String.Substring method[^] What it does it returns a new string, cut down from the original. You just have to specify the start position of the new string (in characters from the beginning of the original) and the length of the new string, in characters:

int len = textBox1.Text.Length;
textbox2.Text = textBox1.Text.Substring(0, len - 1);
textbox3.text = textbox1.Text.Substring(len - 1);

(if you don't specify the length, you get the whole remaining string).

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[OriginalGriff]

Why would anyone vote you down for that? Beginners have to start somewhere, and English isn't everybody's native language. Compensated.

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[Lost User]

OriginalGriff wrote:

Why would anyone vote you down for that?

A trend that seems to be increasingly common. There are obviously a (I hope small) number of people whose only contribution to CodeProject is to down vote those questions they deem unworthy. I guess in a population this size there will always be a percentage of morons.

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[OriginalGriff]

Richard MacCutchan wrote:

morons.

I can think of another word which fits them better. Starts with "A"... :laugh:

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Assets ? :-D

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[OriginalGriff]

Close enough! :laugh:

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[Pete OHanlon]

What pattern do you want to use to break the text apart? Do you want to break it based on the length? Is it based on a particular string pattern, e.g. XXX-NN representing the first part? Before anybody can offer you a definitive answer, you need to explain the problem fully.

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[Abhinav S]

Amazing - you got downvoted! Compensated.

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[OriginalGriff]

Now, I wonder who did that? :laugh: Was it an As...

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[Valery Possoz]

Hi, Without knowing exactly what criteria you want to use to split the string it is a bit difficult to give a definite answer. Something you could look at and that is really powerful is Regular Expressions (RegEx) Here are a few samples found using google: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8yttk7sy.aspx[^] http://www.codeproject.com/Answers/147947/How-to-split-string-to-two-text-boxes.aspx#answer2[^] Hope it helps. Valery.