private static readonly HashSet<char> Punctuation = new HashSet<char>("*&#...");
public static bool ContainsOnePunctuationMark(string text)
{
bool seenOne = false;
foreach (char c in text)
{
// TODO: Experiment to see whether HashSet is really faster than
// Array.Contains. If all the punctuation is ASCII, there are other
// alternatives...
if (Punctuation.Contains(c))
{
if (seenOne)
{
return false; // This is the second punctuation character
}
seenOne = true;
}
}
return seenOne;
}
private static char[] characters = new char [] { '*','&',... };
public static bool ContainsOneCharacter(string text)
{
var intersection = text.Intersect(characters).ToList();
if( intersection.Count != 1)
return false; // Make sure there is only one character in the text
// Get a count of all of the one found character
if (1 == text.Count(t => t == intersection[0]) )
return true;
return false;
}