String.EndsWith Method (String)

Parameters

• value
  Type: System.String
  The string to match.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if value matches the end of this instance; otherwise, false.

Public Class Example

   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
      Dim strSource As String() = {"<b>This is bold text</b>", _
                  "<H1>This is large Text</H1>", _
                  "<b><i><font color = green>This has multiple tags</font></i></b>", _
                  "<b>This has <i>embedded</i> tags.</b>", _
                  "This line simply ends with a greater than symbol, it should not be modified>"}

      ' process an input file that contains html tags.
      ' this sample checks for multiple tags at the end of the line, rather than simply
      ' removing the last one.
      ' note: HTML markup tags always end in a greater than symbol (>).


      outputBlock.Text &= "The following lists the items before the ends have been stripped:" & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text &= "-----------------------------------------------------------------" & vbCrLf

      ' print out the initial array of strings
      Dim s As String
      For Each s In strSource
         outputBlock.Text &= s & vbCrLf

      Next s
      outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf

      outputBlock.Text &= "The following lists the items after the ends have been stripped:" & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text &= "----------------------------------------------------------------" & vbCrLf

      ' print out the array of strings
      For Each s In strSource
         outputBlock.Text &= StripEndTags(s) & vbCrLf
      Next s

   End Sub 'Main

   Private Shared Function StripEndTags(ByVal item As String) As String

      ' try to find a tag at the end of the line using EndsWith
      If item.Trim().EndsWith(">") Then

         ' now search for the opening tag...
         Dim lastLocation As Integer = item.LastIndexOf("</")
         If lastLocation >= 0 Then

            ' remove the identified section, if it is a valid region
            item = item.Substring(0, lastLocation)
         End If
      End If

      Return item
   End Function 'StripEndTags

End Class 'EndsWithTest

using System;

public class Example
{
   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {

      // process an input file that contains html tags.
      // this sample checks for multiple tags at the end of the line, rather than simply
      // removing the last one.
      // note: HTML markup tags always end in a greater than symbol (>).

      string[] strSource = { "<b>This is bold text</b>", "<H1>This is large Text</H1>",
                "<b><i><font color=green>This has multiple tags</font></i></b>",
                "<b>This has <i>embedded</i> tags.</b>",
                "This line simply ends with a greater than symbol, it should not be modified>" };

      outputBlock.Text += "The following lists the items before the ends have been stripped:" + "\n";
      outputBlock.Text += "-----------------------------------------------------------------" + "\n";

      // print out the initial array of strings
      foreach (string s in strSource)
         outputBlock.Text += s + "\n";

      outputBlock.Text += "\n";

      outputBlock.Text += "The following lists the items after the ends have been stripped:" + "\n";
      outputBlock.Text += "----------------------------------------------------------------" + "\n";

      // print out the array of strings
      foreach (string s in strSource)
         outputBlock.Text += StripEndTags(s) + "\n";
   }

   private static string StripEndTags(string item)
   {

      // try to find a tag at the end of the line using EndsWith
      if (item.Trim().EndsWith(">"))
      {

         // now search for the opening tag...
         int lastLocation = item.LastIndexOf("</");

         // remove the identified section, if it is a valid region
         if (lastLocation >= 0)
            item = item.Substring(0, lastLocation);
      }

      return item;
   }
}