Split last word from the rest of the string

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Hi, I have a string with undefined number of words. I want to split this string in two parts: the last word alone and all the other words in another string. How is that possible? Thank you in advance

Satya Karki · Answer

Hi You can do in this way string inputvalue = "this is my reply to this forum" ; string [] words = inputvalue.Split( ' ' ); string lastWord = words[parts.Length - 1]; //lastWord = forum

Rijwan Ansari · Answer

Alternatively, string [] parts = input.Split( ' ' ); string lastWord = parts[parts.Length - 1];

Rijwan Ansari · Answer

You can use linq as shown: string lastWord = input.Split( ' ' ).Last();

Pankajkumar Patel · Answer

Hi Sabine, You can split last word from the rest of the string as like following: string data = "this is data in variable for" ; Console.WriteLine(data.Substring(0, data.LastIndexOf( " " ))); Console.WriteLine(data.Substring(data.LastIndexOf( " " ) + 1)); Output : this is data in variable for For more details : Get the Last Word of a String https://www.baeldung.com/java-string-last-word Hope, this will help you!

Daril · Answer

Use Split to split string on spaces. By doing so it will separate all the words in it. The output will be You can also use String.Substring() and String.LastIndexof() instead of .Split

Vulpes · Answer

If the words are separated by spaces, then you can do it like this: using System; class Test { static void Main() { string s = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"; int index = s.LastIndexOf(" "); string s1, s2; if (index > -1) { s1 = s.Substring(0, index); s2 = s.Substring(index + 1); } else { s1 = s; s2 = ""; } Console.WriteLine(s1); Console.WriteLine(s2); Console.ReadKey(); } }

Senthilkumar · Answer

Hi, Simple logic will help you to get easily.. string sentence = "Senthil is testing this string magic"; string lastWord = sentence.Substring(sentence.LastIndexOf(" ") + 1); string exceptLastWord = sentence.Substring(0, sentence.LastIndexOf(" ") + 1); If it is helpful then mark it as correct answer.

Split last word from the rest of the string

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