String Helper with Validation

A collection of string helpers and validation helpers

Remove all non-numeric characters from a string

var numericString = "123ABC456.78".RemoveNonNumericCharacters();
returns "123456.78"

Get Clean Guid

var cleanGuid = GetCleanGuid;
returns "B84E751DD25344C188B2C3ED0A21DF64"

Get Email Addresses From String

Included delimiters are , ; or a space

var stringArray = "a@a.com;b@b.com;c@c.com".GetEmailsFromString();

Format Phone Number

Takes a 7, 10, 11, or 12 digit phone number and formats it

var formattedNumber = "5558887777".FormatPhoneNumber();

Ex: 888777 returns 888-7777 555888777 returns (555) 888-7777 1555888777 returns +01 (555) 888-7777 01555888777 returns +01 (555) 888-7777

Generate a List of Random Strings (No Duplicates)

Takes size (length of each string), quantity (Number of randoms strings to generate) and a string of characters used to randomize. By default the following characters are used: "ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTUVWXYZ23456789"

var listOfRandomStrings = RandomString(5, 100, "ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTUVWXYZ23456789");
var listOfRandomStrings = RandomString(5, 100);

Generate a Random String

var randomString = RandomString(5);
var randomString = RandomString(5, "ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTUVWXYZ23456789");

Convert a String to a Byte Array

var byteArray = "ABC".ToByteArray();

Validate an Email Address

var isValidEmail = "a@a.com".IsValidEmail();

Validate HIPAA Compliant Password

Must be 8 characters long, contain 1 uppercase, 1 lowercase, 1 number and 1 special character

var isValidPassword = "ABc1234#".ValidateHipaaPassword();

Split String Into Array Using Specified Delimiters

var stringArray = "A,B C,D E".SplitString(new{",", " "});