Search inside an array of strings

Question

string[] words = {"januar", "februar", "marec", "april", "maj", "junij", "julij",    
"avgust", "september", "oktober", "november", "december"};

I have word "ja" for example or "dec". How can I get "januar" or "december" from an array of string? Is there any fast solution?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can use LINQ:

words.FirstOrDefault(w => w.StartsWith(str, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))

If there was no match, this will return null.