remove "ال" or "اَلْ" or "الْ" or "اَل" in from first string in arab word

Question

User2131089582 posted

remove "ال" or "اَلْ" or "الْ" or "اَل" in from first string in arab word

اَلْفَرَقَ will return فَرَقَ
اَلفَرَقَ will return فَرَقَ
الْفَرَقَ will return فَرَقَ
الفَرَقَ will return فَرَقَ

here is what i have tried
public static string RemoveAl(string input)
{
if (input.StartsWith("ال"))
return input = input.Substring(2);

if (input.StartsWith("اَلْ"))
return input = input.Substring(4);

if (input.StartsWith("الْ") || input.StartsWith("اَل"))
return input = input.Substring(3);

return input;
}

but i think this is not good way is there good way to do that?

Answer 1

User-17257777 posted

Hi hocamahdi99,

Your code runs flawlessly. However, in order to avoid hard-coding the lengths of prefix, you could change your code in following way:

public string RemoveAl(string input)
        {
            string[] arr = { "ال", "اَلْ", "الْ", "اَل" };
            foreach(var i in arr)
            { 
                if (input.StartsWith(i))
                {
                   return input = input.Substring(i.Length);
                }
            }
            return input;
        }

Best Regards,

Jiadong Meng