How to format a string.

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Hi Experts,

I am getting some data from textboxes these data these data can be any one from the below fromat:-

400vs0102-0103
400-vs-0102-103
400-vs0102-103

The data i need is:-

400-vs-0102/0103

Thanks in Advance

Posted 30-Apr-15 1:34am

Mukesh Pr@sad

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Andy Lanng 30-Apr-15 7:46am

Looks like an idea might be to remove the dashes and rebuild the string each time.
Will it always be nnn-ll-nnnn/nnnn (n=[0-9], l=[a-z] or event nnn-vs-nnnn/nnnn?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 30-Apr-15 10:33am

First of all, imagine the user who is required to type all this gibberish in a text box. Why? Isn't it the abuse in first place, where you design UI and/or data formats? It could be 3 separate numbers, maybe a selection of something from the list, and so on...
What have you tried so far?
—SA

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Abhinav S · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-30T01:46:00

Solution 1

If this format is fixed, you can use a masked text box.
Alternately, parse the first three characters, check for an hyphen in the fourth location and if not present, add one.
Similarly, put one in the 7th position if it is not there.

If the length of the text is variable then it becomes much harder to build a solution.
Unless you have some specific tags to search on, you will not be able to build a generic solution.

Posted 30-Apr-15 1:46am

Abhinav S

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 30-Apr-15 10:33am

5ed.
—SA

Abhinav S 30-Apr-15 10:52am

Thank you.

Maciej Los 30-Apr-15 15:00pm

Agree with Sergey, 5!

Abhinav S 30-Apr-15 15:18pm

Thank you.