Search for word in text file that has space before it

[sparkplug93]

I know how to use textfile.tostring.contains to search but how do I look for a specific word. Like, textfile.tostring.contains("bat) will result in battles and bat both being answers, how do I make only bat show up?

[Palaniyappan (Palaniyappan P)]

Like this
Textfile.ToString.Equals(“bat”)

Cheers @sparkplug93

[sparkplug93]

does it work with toupper?

[Palaniyappan (Palaniyappan P)]

Yah it would but like this
Textfile.ToString.ToUpper.Equals(“BAT”)

Cheers @sparkplug93

[bcorrea (Bruno Correa)]

if you want to only find “bat” and not “battles” then search like this:
myString.Contains(" bat ")

[Palaniyappan (Palaniyappan P)]

What if a sentence starts with word bat
In that case how this will work buddy
myString.Contains(" bat ")

@bcorrea

[bcorrea (Bruno Correa)]

well it would be a very silly sentence, but your answer works even less
regex would be better to find in all cases:

Regex.IsMatch(MyFullTextVariable, "\b" + Regex.Escape("bat") + "\b")