I have read this question to get first char of the string. Is there a way to get the first n number of characters from a string in C#?
Append five whitespace characters then cut off the first five and trim the result. The number of spaces you append should match the number you are cutting. Be sure to include the parenthesis before .Substring(0,X)
or you'll append nothing.
string str = (yourStringVariable + " ").Substring(0,5).Trim();
With this technique you won't have to worry about the ArgumentOutOfRangeException
mentioned in other answers.
You can use Enumerable.Take like:
char[] array = yourStringVariable.Take(5).ToArray();
Or you can use String.Substring.
string str = yourStringVariable.Substring(0,5);
Remember that String.Substring
could throw an exception in case of string's length less than the characters required.
If you want to get the result back in string then you can use:
Using String Constructor and LINQ's Take
string firstFivChar = new string(yourStringVariable.Take(5).ToArray());
The plus with the approach is not checking for length before hand.
String.Substring
with error checkinglike:
string firstFivCharWithSubString =
!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(yourStringVariable) && yourStringVariable.Length >= 5
? yourStringVariable.Substring(0, 5)
: yourStringVariable;
No one mentioned how to make proper checks when using Substring()
, so I wanted to contribute about that.
If you don't want to use Linq
and go with Substring()
, you have to make sure that your string is bigger than the second parameter (length) of Substring()
function.
Let's say you need the first 5 characters. You should get them with proper check, like this:
string title = "love" // 15 characters
var firstFiveChars = title.Length <= 5 ? title : title.Substring(0, 5);
// firstFiveChars: "love" (4 characters)
Without this check, Substring()
function would throw an exception because it'd iterate through letters that aren't there.
I think you get the idea...
To get the first n number of characters from a string in C#
String yourstring="Some Text";
String first_n_Number_of_Characters=yourstring.Substring(0,n);
You can use Substring(int startIndex, int length)
string result = str.Substring(0,5);
The substring starts at a specified character position and has a specified length. This method does not modify the value of the current instance. Instead, it returns a new string with length characters starting from the startIndex position in the current string, MSDN
What if the source string is less then five characters? You will get exception by using above method. We can put condition to check if the number of characters in string are more then 5 then get first five through Substring. Note I have assigned source string to firstFiveChar variable. The firstFiveChar not change if characters are less then 5, so else part is not required.
string firstFiveChar = str;
If(!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(yourStringVariable) && yourStringVariable.Length >= 5)
firstFiveChar = yourStringVariable.Substring(0, 5);
I have tried the above answers and the best i think is this one
@item.First_Name.Substring(0,1)
In this i could get the first letter of the string