asp.net/sql get everything in the string before the "-" and put it into a different string

Question

Basically I have got two things i am passing from a command argument

<asp:LinkButton ID="lbEditDetails" Text="Edit..." runat="server" CommandName="EditDetails" CssClass="EditAdults" CommandArgument=<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "number_slept") & "-" & DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "booking_ref")  %>></asp:LinkButton>

I need to grab the number_slept which is everything before the - and put it into another string and then grab the booking_ref which is after the - and put that into a string

Here's what I've got

Dim strPassedString = e.CommandArgument

Dim NumberSlept = This will be the passed number slept

Dim BookingRef = This will be the passed booking ref

I'm not sure how to split the command argument

Is it possible?

Thanks

Jamie

Answer 1

String.Split

C#, but you get the idea...

string numberSlept = e.CommandArgument.Split('-')[0];
string bookingRef = e.CommandArgument.Split('-')[1];