Read address from Text message.

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Hi all,
i am in big trouble, I have a query to read "address" from text message which i am getting from some where else and then it to other.

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Ok,

we are working on an app which can detect the message from mail account

eg.

1. 16:50 Thu 25/09/14 >NOTIFICATION MFS: *CFSRES INC0003 25/09/14 16:49 RESPOND RESCUE ANIMAL P2 : @HOMESTEAD - LYNMOND 9 COBBLEDICK RD ECHUNGA MAP:ADL 183 Q12,CALLER:JULIEANNE RICE 0417806893 == LAMB STRANDED ON ISLAND IN DAM :ECHG34 MTB20 I SNOTIFY C :

2. 11:08 Thu 25/09/14 >NOTIFICATION MFS: *CFSRES INC0001 25/09/14 11:08 RESPOND RESCUE ANIMAL P2 9/4 MERLOT CT WYNN VALE MAP:ADL 84 H 1,CALLER:JACKIE KNOX 0439300697 == CAT STUCK IN DRAIN. :GGV311 SNOTIFY C TTG20 P :

we have requirement to fatch the address from the meassge and send it to other account in our app.
so what logic used to fatch the address with accuracy.

Pleas help me.

thanks in advance.........

Posted 25-Sep-14 0:59am

_Kapil

Updated 25-Sep-14 1:51am

Dave Kreskowiak

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Sinisa Hajnal 25-Sep-14 7:02am

And your problem is?

[no name] 25-Sep-14 7:28am

There is nothing at all here to help you with. No question, no description of a problem, just some information about you having a query.

ZurdoDev 25-Sep-14 8:46am

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BillWoodruff · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-25T03:55:00

Solution 2

I hope this gets you started: you may need to modify the code here depending on the range of possible formats the string you need to parse arrives in.

C#

private string[] split1 = new string[]{"P2"};
private string[] split2 = new string[] {"MAP"};
private char[] toTrim = new char[] {' ',':','@'};

public string responseToAddress(string response)
{
    string address = response.Split(split1,2, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)[1];
    address = address.Split(split2, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)[0];
    return address.Trim().TrimStart(toTrim);
}

You could also achieve something like this using a Regular Expression.

Posted 25-Sep-14 3:55am

BillWoodruff

Updated 25-Sep-14 4:07am

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_Kapil 26-Sep-14 2:01am

i am not able to get form where i start to get address because if i hit google map("https://www.google.co.in/maps/preview") with any address keyword ,getting response from google map search.
Not able to identify its correct address or not.

BillWoodruff 26-Sep-14 2:42am

Well, if you can't determine whether an address is correct, then I guess you do not need to solve this problem of string parsing ? I can't quite understand what you are trying to tell me here, but I'm glad you found the code useful in some way.

_Kapil 26-Sep-14 5:24am

Can you clarify me that there is any solution for the problem that, You have a message text with any format and you have to fatch address from this text message.

eg.
11:08 Thu 25/09/14 >NOTIFICATION MFS: *CFSRES INC0001 25/09/14 11:08 RESPOND RESCUE ANIMAL P2 9/4 MERLOT CT WYNN VALE MAP:ADL 84 H 1,CALLER:JACKIE KNOX 0439300697 == CAT STUCK IN DRAIN. :GGV311 SNOTIFY C TTG20 P :

address: P2 9/4 MERLOT CT

BillWoodruff 26-Sep-14 6:26am

The amount of code you have to write to parse any specific block of text from a string is directly related to how much the source string you are evaluating varies in content.

If you can reliably assume that "P2" is always present, and always marks the start of the address, and "MAP" is always present, and marks the end of the address, then you can use the code example given.

But, if the source string varies in other ways, you have to handle every possible other variation in your code.

What you need to do is find the format specification of the message string, and analyze it to generate the conditions you will test for.

If there is no specification, you have a problem.

_Kapil 26-Sep-14 6:47am

@BillWoodruff.........
You are right,I think we to talk with our client to provide us some format so that we can identify the address.

thanks for yours valuable time.