Get Items from String

Question

VB.net
I need to get the third and forth item from a string. The string varies in items within delimiter and total number of delimiters.
My delimiter is :
MyString = "ALL:0:Red:11Green:31:Blue:217"
MyItems = "Red:11"
Also, if elements 3 and 4 are not there, messagebox.show("Items don't exist.")
Thanks,
ADawn
ADawn

Answer 1

There is a : between 11 and Green.
"ALL:0:Red:11:Green:31:Blue:217"
ADawn
ADawn
Then it's even easier.
Option Strict On
Option Explicit On
Option Infer Off
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim s As String = "ALL:0:Red:11:Green:31:Blue:217"
Dim parts As List(Of String) = s.Split(":"c).ToList
Dim allLabel As String = parts(0)
Dim allValue As String = parts(1)
Dim redLabel As String = parts(2)
Dim redValue As String = parts(3)
Dim greenLabel As String = parts(4)
Dim greenValue As String = parts(5)
Dim blueLabel As String = parts(6)
Dim blueValue As String = parts(7)
MsgBox(String.Format("{0}:{1}", redLabel, redValue))
End Sub
End Class
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