Left of a character in a string in C#

Question

How do I get the left of "@" character from the emailID string "[email protected]" in C#

Thanks

Answer 1

string email = "[email protected]";
int index = email.IndexOf("@");
string user = (index > 0 ? email.Substring(0, index) : "");

Answer 2

var email = "[email protected]";
var name = email.Substring(0, email.IndexOf("@"));

You'll want to do some sanity checks like make sure it's not null and that you actually find the "@" sign.