using System;

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public static class Program

{

        /// <summary>

        /// Define common patterns for substring actions

        /// </summary>

        public enum StrCut

        {

            BeforeLessStr = 0,

            BeforeInclStr = 1,

            AfterLessStr = 2,

            AfterInclStr = 4

        }

        /// <summary>

        /// Cut from front or back

        /// </summary>

        public enum StrCutLoc

        {

            First = 0,

            Last = 1

        }

        /// <summary>

        /// Extend Susbstring with ability to pass a string and choose common actions surrounding that string.

        /// </summary>

        /// <param name="s">haystack</param>

        /// <param name="arg">needle</param>

        /// <param name="l">search location</param>

        /// <param name="e">include needle</param>

        /// <returns></returns>

        /// <author>//Fri 31-May-19 12:45pm metadataconsult@gmail.com</author>

        public static string Substring(this string s, string arg, StrCutLoc l, StrCut e)

        {

            //Range checking, why do you neet a unit test

            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(arg)) return string.Empty;

            if (arg.Length > s.Length) return string.Empty;

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            int idxarg = -1; 

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            if (l.Equals(StrCutLoc.First))

                idxarg = s.IndexOf(arg);

            else if (l.Equals(StrCutLoc.Last))

                idxarg = s.LastIndexOf(arg);

            if (idxarg == -1) return string.Empty; //is arg found in string

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            bool argfits = (idxarg + arg.Length) <= s.Length; //is arg within limit of end of string

            if (e.Equals(StrCut.BeforeLessStr))

            {

                s = s.Substring(0, idxarg);

            }

            else if (argfits && e.Equals(StrCut.BeforeInclStr))

            {

                s = s.Substring(0, (idxarg + arg.Length));

            }

            else if (argfits && e.Equals(StrCut.AfterLessStr))

            {

                s = s.Substring(idxarg + arg.Length);

            }

            else if (e.Equals(StrCut.AfterInclStr))

            {

                s = s.Substring(idxarg);

            }

            return s;

        }

    public static void Main()

    {

        string text = "{\"InsertSymbolText\",\"InsertSymbol\"},";  

        string cut = ",";

        Console.WriteLine("text = "+ text); 

        Console.WriteLine();

        Console.WriteLine("Let's get rid of length param, like this Substring(2,2) = " + text.Substring(2,2)); 

        Console.WriteLine();

        Console.WriteLine("BEGIN - Most of time, I just want to get a supply a string a work around it"); 

        Console.WriteLine("AfterLessStr = " + text.Substring(cut, StrCutLoc.First, StrCut.AfterLessStr));

        Console.WriteLine("AfterInclStr = " + text.Substring(cut, StrCutLoc.First, StrCut.AfterInclStr));

        Console.WriteLine("BeforeInclStr = " + text.Substring(cut, StrCutLoc.Last, StrCut.BeforeInclStr));

        Console.WriteLine("BeforeLessStr = " + text.Substring(cut, StrCutLoc.Last, StrCut.BeforeLessStr));

        Console.WriteLine("END");

    }

}