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    <p>Sample input is (note this is a one line string, I used a quote here to make it more readable):</p> <blockquote> <p>Level 1/129/1 Murray Ave &amp; 15A&amp;B ERICA AVENUE &amp; 12 HARVEY STREET &amp; 34 VICTORIA STREET &amp; 3/56 ST LEONARDS ST, MOSMAN PARK ( John). 78/10 WELLINGTON ST MOSMAN PARK (Rambo)</p> </blockquote> <p>My current output is:</p> <pre><code>1/129/1 - Murray - Ave - 15A - - - B - ERICA - AVENUE - 12 - HARVEY - STREET - 34 - VICTORIA - STREET - 3/56 - ST LEONARDS - ST - MOSMAN PARK 78/10 - WELLINGTON - ST - MOSMAN PARK </code></pre> <p>Desired output is:</p> <pre><code>1/129/1 - Murray - Ave - 15A - ERICA - AVENUE - 15B - ERICA - AVENUE - 12 - HARVEY - STREET - 34 - VICTORIA - STREET - 3/56 - ST LEONARDS - ST - MOSMAN PARK 78/10 - WELLINGTON - ST - MOSMAN PARK </code></pre> <p>If the first property only contains the number, it should inherit the information from the next record and if the next record number only contains a letter it show backwards inherit the number of the previous record, for example:</p> <pre><code> 15A - Erica - Avenue 15B - Erica - Avenue </code></pre> <p><strong>Which gives me the desired above output, how can I archive that ?</strong></p> <p>Here is my code (NOTE: suffixes is a <code>List&lt;string&gt;</code>):</p> <pre><code>static void Main(string[] args) { List&lt;ResultData&gt; result = new List&lt;ResultData&gt;(); string myColumn = "Level 1/129/1 Murray Ave &amp; 15A&amp;B ERICA AVENUE &amp; 12 HARVEY STREET &amp; 34 VICTORIA STREET &amp; 3/56 ST LEONARDS ST, MOSMAN PARK ( John). 78/10 WELLINGTON ST MOSMAN PARK (Rambo)"; // dot replaced with &amp; as they are to be split myColumn = myColumn.Replace('.', '&amp;'); // I don't need the Level word which means // each property starts with numbers now myColumn = myColumn.Replace("Level", ""); // Removes anything in between parentheses and the parentheses myColumn = RemoveBetween(myColumn, '(', ')'); string[] splitResult = myColumn.Split('&amp;'); foreach (string item in splitResult) { string property = item.Trim(); if (property.IndexOf(' ') &gt; 0) { string area = string.Empty; string locationType = string.Empty; string number = property.Split(new[] { ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).First(); property = property.Replace(number, "").Trim(); // When comma is present, area is always the last // and locationType always before it if (property.IndexOf(',') &gt; 0) { area = property.Split(new[] { ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Last().Trim(); property = property.Replace(area, "").Replace(",", "").Trim(); locationType = property.Split(new[] { ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Last().Trim(); property = property.Replace(" " + locationType, "").Trim(); } else { // When comma is not present I have to check // if the string contains a given street suffix // and pick up from there string found = suffixes.Find(x =&gt; property.Trim().Contains(" " + x, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)); if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(found)) found = " " + found; // need the space otherwise it will delete // places like ST LEONARD. locationType = property.Substring(property.ToLower().IndexOf(found.ToLower()), found.Length).Trim(); int total = property.ToLower().IndexOf(found.ToLower()) + found.Length; if (property.ToLower().IndexOf(found.ToLower()) &gt; 0 &amp;&amp; total &lt; property.Length) area = property.Substring(total, property.Length - total).Trim(); property = property.Replace(",", "").Trim().Replace(locationType, "").Trim(); if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(area)) property = property.Replace(area, "").Trim(); } string name = property; result.Add(new ResultData() { Number = number, Name = name, LocationType = locationType, Area = area }); } else { result.Add(new ResultData() { Number = property }); } } string save = string.Empty; foreach (ResultData item in result) { Console.WriteLine(item.Number + " - " + item.Name + " - " + item.LocationType + " - " + item.Area); save += item.Number + " - " + item.Name + " - " + item.LocationType + " - " + item.Area + Environment.NewLine; } System.IO.File.WriteAllLines(@"save.txt", save.Split(new string[] { Environment.NewLine }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)); Console.WriteLine(Environment.NewLine + "Press any key to leave..."); Console.ReadKey(); } /// &lt;summary&gt; /// Remove from the string the pattern and what is in between it /// more format double space to single /// &lt;/summary&gt; static string RemoveBetween(string s, char begin, char end) { Regex regex = new Regex(string.Format("\\{0}.*?\\{1}", begin, end)); return new Regex(" +").Replace(regex.Replace(s, string.Empty), " "); } public static bool Contains(this string source, string toCheck, StringComparison comp) { return source.IndexOf(toCheck, comp) &gt;= 0; } </code></pre> <p><strong>If you know anything I can do to improve the above code would love to know as well, write me a comment.</strong></p>
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    1. COJust to confirm, you are looking for a generic solution that will work for any sting based on these rules?
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    3. CO@psubsee2003 I am having only 1 issue which I can't solve right now see the `My current output is:` and `Desired output is:` I don't know how to fill up 15A with the data from the next entry and fill the number 15 to the data of it to produce the desired output. To put it simple, if an entry only have the number it should inherit the data from the next entry and if the next entry only have the letter on the number, it should inherit the number of the previous entry.
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