using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace WmHmailserverExporterWeb {
	public class Tools {


		public static string getStringInBetween(string startStr, string endStr, string source, ref int iterator) {
			// first try to find the first string
			int startIndex = source.IndexOf(startStr, iterator, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase);
			if (startIndex != -1) {
				// whoopie! we've found something
				int startPosition = startIndex + startStr.Length;
				int endIndex = source.IndexOf(endStr, startPosition, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase);
				if (endIndex != -1) {

					int length = endIndex - startPosition;
					if (length <= 0) { return null; }

					iterator = endIndex;
					string returnString = source.Substring(startPosition, length);
					return returnString;
				} else {
					return null;
				}
			} else {
				// nothing found, return null to give that signal
				return null;
			}
		}

	}
}