>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>I have a string like this:
>>>>>
>>>>>"LastName, FirstName, MiddleName"
>>>>>
>>>>>and sometimes it could just be this:
>>>>>
>>>>>"CompanyName"
>>>>>
>>>>>I want to add a string into these strings so they end up like this:
>>>>>
>>>>>"LastName DESC, FirstName DESC, MiddleName DESC"
>>>>>
>>>>>or:
>>>>>
>>>>>"CompanyName DESC"
>>>>>
>>>>>How would I do this in C#?
>>>>
>>>>Basically this
>>>>
>>>> string s = "LastName, FirstName, MiddleName";
>>>>
>>>> s = s.Replace(",", " DESC,") + " DESC";
>>>>>>>
>>>I don't think that works in the case of "CompanyName"
>>
>>
>>So far this is what I have come up with (SortOrder could either be "ASC" or "DESC"):
>>
>>
string s = "LastName, FirstName, MiddleName";
>> string[] Split = s.Split(new Char[] { ',' });
>>
>> string NewSortExpression = "";
>> int i = 0;
>> foreach (string st in Split)
>> NewSortExpression = NewSortExpression + st + " " + SortOrder + ",";
>>
>> // get rid of last ","
>> NewSortExpression = NewSortExpression.Substring(0, NewSortExpression.Length - 1);>
>using a stringbuilder may not be a bad idea
>
>
> static void Main(string[] args)
> {
>
> string s = "LastName, FirstName, MiddleName";
>
> string[] split = s.Split(new Char[] { ',' });
>
> string newSortExpression;
>
> string sortOrder = "DESC";
>
> StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
>
> foreach (string st in split)
> {
> sb.Append(st);
> sb.Append(' ');
> sb.Append(sortOrder);
> sb.Append(',');
> }
>
>
> // get rid of last ","
> sb.Length--;
>
> newSortExpression = sb.ToString();
> Console.WriteLine("{0}", newSortExpression);
>
> Console.ReadLine();
>
> }
>Would you recommend this over the much shorter one liner?
