using System;

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​

namespace ConsoleApplication5

{

    public class Program

    {

        public static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            var matter = "somename - somethingsomething - 1234 - blah";

            var title = matter.Split(new [] { " -" }, StringSplitOptions.None)[0];

            var titleMax1 = matter.Split(new [] { " -" }, 1, StringSplitOptions.None)[0];

            Console.WriteLine(title);

            Console.WriteLine(titleMax1);

        }

    }

}

​