Extract text from string between commas

Question

I want to extract only those words between two commas. So, if the string is Ab Java, DE, 78801 The answer must be DE I have tried this code but it is not working

string search = "Ab  Java, DE, 78801 ";
int index = search.IndexOf(",");
string result = search.Substring(search.IndexOf(",") ,index);
MessageBox.Show(result);

Answer 1

If your string has always 2 commas, you can use String.Split for it like;

string search = "Ab  Java, DE, 78801 ";
Console.WriteLine(search.Split(',')[1]); // DE

Remember, this will you generate DE with an extra white space before it.

If you don't want that white space, you can use TrimStart() to remove it.

Console.WriteLine(search.Split(',')[1].TrimStart()); //DE