I am reading strings such as

1)hhh-130.01-this is a test-this is a test 2

2)hhh-130.1-this is a test

3)hhh-130. -this is a test-this is a test 5

I want only the number between the first "-" and the second "-"

I did something like this

string val = txtinput.Text.Substring(txtinput.Text..Text.IndexOf("-") + 1, txtinput.Text..Text.IndexOf("-"))

but the problem I get for number 1 130.0 and i should get 130.01

i can't do txtinput.Text..Text.IndexOf("-") + 1 for the second part because somtime I only need 130. like number 3

Thanks

130

 Like this:

Dim Data As [String] = "hhh-130.01-this is a test-this is a test 2"
Dim Parts As [String]() = Data.Split("-"C)

Dim Answer As [String] = Parts(1)

 (converted from C# code)

String Data = "hhh-130.01-this is a test-this is a test 2";
String[] Parts = Data.Split('-');

String Answer = Parts[1];

This is perfect for LINQ.  This query returns the first and second only.

string yourString = "hhh-130.01-this is a test-this is a test 2";
var data = yourString.Split('-').Take(2).Skip(0).ToList();

 Thank you SGWellens