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Thread: Get string or a listed of number before the dash, in the middle of the dashes and after a dash.

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    Default Get string or a listed of number before the dash, in the middle of the dashes and after a dash.

    Hello, If I have a phone number of 1-232-23223

    How do I get the list of numbers before the dash, in the middle and after?

    Thank you.


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    Default Re: Get string or a listed of number before the dash, in the middle of the dashes and after a dash.

    The String class's split() method would do that.
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    Default Re: Get string or a listed of number before the dash, in the middle of the dashes and after a dash.

    So there are three parts, I know how to do it for the first and middle, but what about the third group of numbers?

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    Default Re: Get string or a listed of number before the dash, in the middle of the dashes and after a dash.

    Have you tried using the split() method? What was the problem using what it returned?
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    Default Re: Get string or a listed of number before the dash, in the middle of the dashes and after a dash.

    I'm sorry, I figured it out, my problem was knowing how to store the numbers and I got it store in arrays. Thank you very much!

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