>>Actually, there is http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fyx7s61s.aspx
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>>string xx = sb.ToString(startIndex, length);
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>>You can even make an extension method
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>>But why do you need that many mid's ?
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>Ah, thanks for the answer, I will make sure that try that out later on today. I didn't think of that approach.
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>As for the occurences of Mid(), this is in regards to the parser being used here. I discovered something yesterday where I had to optimize a few things. I did most of it. But, in order to obtain the result in a flash, I still have that Mid() line to optimize.

I wonder whether there's another approach to your method that does not involve creating that many objects (mid/substr). Perhaps there is