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I need to split a string that has an ordered numbered list.

I need to split a string that has an ordered numbered list.

Manoj Misran

4yAsked Dec 13, 2021, 10:50 PM849Visual Basic .NET

The usual string split option expects an array of delimiters but then it wont respect the order of sequence.

I have a huge database of a regional language dictionary. The meaning field has multiple values as a numbers list. I want to split it into a list.

E.g.

Please help.

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Manoj Misran4y ago
Can we do something using REGEX and recursion? I can go with Srinivasan's approach but the problem is that any member in the list by itself can be another numbered list embedded in between. So it's nested thing that makes it more challanging.
Srinivasan Ramamoorthi4y ago
You have to loop each line and split into numbers and strings. Look for number 1 and 2 and get the string in between. Store the first text in array index 0. Like the run the loop and check if the next number 3, is present. If you don't find the next number in the string exit the loop.