C# find exact-match in string

Question

How can I search for an exact match in a string? For example, If I had a string with this text:

label
label:
labels

And I search for label, I only want

Answer 1

You could try a LINQ version:

string str = "Hello1 Hello Hello2";
string another = "Hello";
string retVal = str.Split(" \n\r".ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
                   .First( p => p .Equals(another));