C# (String.StartsWith && !String.EndsWith && !String.Contains) using a List

Question

I am a newbie in C#, and I am having problems.

I have 2 List, 2 strings and a getCombinations(string) method that returns all combinations of a string as List;

How do i validate if a subjectStrings element does not StartWith && !EndsWith && !Contains (or !StartWith && !EndsWith && Contains, etc.) for every combinations of startswithString, endswithString and containsString?

Here is my code in StartWith && !EndsWith (if you want to see it running: http://ideone.com/y8JZkK)

    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;

    public class Test
    {
            public static void Main()
            {
                    List<string> validatedStrings = new List<string>();
                    List<string> subjectStrings = new List<string>()
                    {
                            "con", "cot", "eon", "net", "not", "one", "ten", "toe", "ton",
                                    "cent", "cone", "conn", "cote", "neon", "none", "note", "once", "tone",
                                    "cento", "conte", "nonce", "nonet", "oncet", "tenon", "tonne",
                                    "nocent","concent", "connect"
                    }; //got a more longer wordlist

                    string startswithString = "co";
                    string endswithString = "et";

                    foreach(var z in subjectStrings)
                    {
                        bool valid = false;
                        foreach(var a in getCombinations(startswithString))
                        {
                            foreach(var b in getCombinations(endswithString))
                            {
                                if(z.StartsWith(a) && !z.EndsWith(b))
                                {
                                        valid = true;
                                        break;
                                }
                            }
                            if(valid)
                            {
                                break;
                            }
                        }
                        if(valid)
                        {
                            validatedStrings.Add(z);
                        }
                    }

                    foreach(var a in validatedStrings)
                    {
                            Console.WriteLine(a);
                    }
                    Console.WriteLine("\nDone");
            }


            static List<string> getCombinations(string s)
            {
                    //Code that calculates combinations
                    return Permutations.Permutate(s);
            }
    }

    public class Permutations
    {
            private static List<List<string>> allCombinations;

            private static void CalculateCombinations(string word, List<string> temp)
            {
                    if (temp.Count == word.Length)
                    {
                            List<string> clone = temp.ToList();
                            if (clone.Distinct().Count() == clone.Count)
                            {
                                    allCombinations.Add(clone);
                            }
                            return;
                    }

                    for (int i = 0; i < word.Length; i++)
                    {
                            temp.Add(word[i].ToString());
                            CalculateCombinations(word, temp);
                            temp.RemoveAt(temp.Count - 1);
                    }
            }

            public static List<string> Permutate(string str)
            {
                    allCombinations = new List<List<string>>();
                    CalculateCombinations(str, new List<string>());
                    List<string> combinations = new List<string>();
                    foreach(var a in allCombinations)
                    {
                            string c = "";
                            foreach(var b in a)
                            {
                                    c+=b;
                            }
                            combinations.Add(c);
                    }
                    return combinations;
            }
    }

Output:

    con 
    cot
    cone
    conn
    cote <<<
    conte <<<
    concent
    connect

    Done

if(z.StartsWith(a) && !z.EndsWith(b)) var b can be "et" and "te", but cote and conte endswith "te", why it is still added in my validated strings?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

z.StartsWith(a) && !z.EndsWith(b)

check below combination

z ="cote"
a ="co"
b ="te"

so z start with "co" and z not end with "te", your condition pass and cote will add to list

i would try as below

var sw =getCombinations(startswithString);
var ew = getCombinations(endswithString);


var result = subjectStrings.Where(z=> 
    sw.Any(x=>z.StartsWith(x) && 
        !ew.Any(y=>z.EndsWith(y))))
        .ToList();

DEMO

output :

con
cot
cone
conn
concent
connect