How to convert this display name to SPUser type.
My input is Sivakumar, Piratheban (ext)(domain\user)
asked Apr 30, 2015 at 6:48
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If it is a string you can user SPUser user=web.EnsureUser(input).– user13408Commented Apr 30, 2015 at 7:12
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1The EnsureUser method needs the login name. The string 'Sivakumar, Piratheban (ext)(domain\user)' would not fit into that. One should first parse out the login name from this kind of display name pattern.– pholparCommented Apr 30, 2015 at 7:51
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2 Answers
There is no direct convertion but you can use a regular expression to pull out the login name and then call EnsureUser on that.
var login = Regex.Match(input, @"\((?<login>[^\(\\]+\\[^\(\\]+)\)$", RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture).Groups["login"].Value;
var user = web.EnsureUser(login);
answered Apr 30, 2015 at 8:41
You could extract login name from input string using String.Split Method and then initialize a user:
var loginName = input.Split('(', ')')[3];
var user = web.EnsureUser(loginName);
answered May 1, 2015 at 20:26
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2Living on the edge with not checking if you actually get four positions in the array resulting from the split ;) Commented May 2, 2015 at 11:09
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2I agree, no matter what input string will contain, the checking at least for the length of resulting array is a must ;) Commented May 2, 2015 at 11:17