Last character of a Tamil unicode string

Question

How to get the last character of a unicode tamil string. for example i am having a list of strings like "சுதீப்", "செய்தியை", "கொள்ளாதது", "வில்லன்"

if i use mystring.Last() for the above strings i am getting

"சுதீப்" = ""்"" "செய்தியை" = "ை "கொள்ளாதது" = ""ு"" "வில்லன்" = ""்""

but i need to get

"சுதீப்" = ""ப்"" "செய்தியை" = ""யை"" "கொள்ளாதது" = ""து"" "வில்லன்" = ""ன்""

Answer 1

I suggest you create a helper function where you loop through each char and examine the UnicodeCategory.

Extension

<System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Extension()> _
Public Module StringExtensions

    <System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Extension()> _
    Public Function Split(str As String, category As UnicodeCategory) As IList(Of String)
        Dim list As New List(Of String)
        If ((Not str Is Nothing) AndAlso (str.Length > 0)) Then
            Dim item As String = Nothing
            Dim chr As Char = Nothing
            For Each chr In str
                If (Char.GetUnicodeCategory(chr) = category) Then
                    If ((Not item Is Nothing) AndAlso (item.Length > 0)) Then
                        list.Add(item)
                    End If
                    item = chr
                Else
                    item += chr
                End If
            Next
            If ((Not item Is Nothing) AndAlso (item.Length > 0)) Then
                list.Add(item)
            End If
        End If
        Return list
    End Function

End Module

Usage

Imports [your_namespace].StringExtensions

Dim values As String() = {"சுதீப்", "செய்தியை", "கொள்ளாதது", "வில்லன்"}
Dim builder As New System.Text.StringBuilder()

For Each item As String In values
    builder.AppendLine(String.Concat(item, " : ", item.Split(UnicodeCategory.OtherLetter).Last()))
Next

MessageBox.Show(builder.ToString())

Output

சுதீப் : ப்
செய்தியை : யை
கொள்ளாதது : து
வில்லன் : ன்