Find an array in a string

Question

I am working with the Selenium API in C#. I try to read a script and get the needed values from that.

string attackable_villages = web.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[@id='content_value']/script[1]")).GetAttribute("innerHTML");
richTextBox1.Text = attackable_villages;

The result I get:

result.scrollBound = {
    x_min: 0,
    x_max: 999,
    y_min: 0,
    y_max: 999
};

result.tileSize = [53, 38];

result.screenKey = 'bf14559d';
result.topoKey = 4133874391;

and many more..

But there is this:

result.thisiswhatiwant= [1value1, 1value2, 1value3, 1value4..], [2value1, 2value2, 2value3, ...], [...]

How can I just get that array without the rest and split all elements after "],"

I hope you can help me!

Why is this tagged with PHP?

RiggsFolly
– RiggsFolly

2017-05-23 13:50:28 +00:00
Commented May 23, 2017 at 13:50 — RiggsFolly
– RiggsFolly, Commented May 23, 2017 at 13:50

FDM · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 14:31:13Z

1

// Split the script in its individual statements
var splitArray = script.Split(';');
// Get the statement you're interested in
var line = splitArray.Where(x => x.Contains("result.thisiswhatiwant")).First();         
// Remove all characters except numbers and commas, then split by comma       
var values = Regex.Replace(line, "[^0-9,]", string.Empty).Split(',');

Testing with this input:

 string script = "test; result.thisiswhatiwant=[1,2,3]; three;";

gives me an array of length 3 (with values 1/2/3 respectively). You can also use Single(...) instead of Where(...).First() if the statement occurs only once.

answered May 23, 2017 at 14:31

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2 Comments

TNation Over a year ago

and I can use the split method again in my "line" to split the categories with like .Split(']') ?

FDM Over a year ago

Yes, try to experiment with the possibilities, you should get there. You can always use a Regex.Match if you need more flexibility.

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