Find string between and xml or html string

 

The following code can be usefull to search a string with in an html tag

 

private string ParseHtml(string strInput, string key)
        {
            string returnValue = string.Empty;

            int startIndex = strInput.ToUpper().IndexOf("<" + key.ToUpper() + ">");

            int endIndex = strInput.ToUpper().IndexOf("</" + key.ToUpper() + ">");

            if(startIndex != -1 && endIndex != -1)

            {

                returnValue = strInput.Substring(startIndex + (key.Length + 2), endIndex - (startIndex + (key.Length + 2))).ToString();
            }

            return returnValue;

        }

 

string str = "<from>jeebu@abc.com</from>";

MessageBox.Show(ParseHtml(str ,"from"));

will return jeebu@abc.com