c# - getting string and numbers -

i got string

string newstring = "[17, appliance]"; 

how can put 17 , appliance in 2 separate variables while ignoring , , [ , ]?

i tried looping though loop doesn't stop when reaches ,, not mention separated 1 & 7 instead of reading 17.

this may not performant method, i'd go ease of understanding.

string newstring = "[17, appliance]";    newstring = newstring.replace("[", "").replace("]",""); // remove square brackets    string[] results = newstring.split(new string[] { ", " }, stringsplitoptions.removeemptyentries); // split string  // if string going contain 1 number , 1 string: int num1 = int.parse(results[0]); string string1 = results[1]; 

you'd want include validation ensure first element indeed number (use int.tryparse), , there indeed 2 elements returned after split string.