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+namespace DTLib.Extensions;
+
+#if NETSTANDARD2_1_OR_GREATER || NET2_1_OR_GREATER
+public static class SpanHelper
+{
+    public static ReadOnlySpan<char> After(this ReadOnlySpan<char> span, char c)
+    {
+        var index = span.IndexOf(c);
+        if (index == -1)
+            throw new Exception($"char <{c}> not found in span <{span}>");
+        return span.Slice(index+1);
+    }
+    
+    public static ReadOnlySpan<char> After(this ReadOnlySpan<char> span, ReadOnlySpan<char> s)
+    {
+        var index = span.IndexOf(s);
+        if (index == -1)
+            throw new Exception($"span <{s}> not found in span <{span}>");
+        return span.Slice(index+s.Length);
+    }
+    
+    
+    public static ReadOnlySpan<char> Before(this ReadOnlySpan<char> span, char c)
+    {
+        var index = span.IndexOf(c);
+        if (index == -1)
+            throw new Exception($"char <{c}> not found in span <{span}>");
+        return span.Slice(0,index);
+    }
+    
+    public static ReadOnlySpan<char> Before(this ReadOnlySpan<char> span, ReadOnlySpan<char> s)
+    {
+        var index = span.IndexOf(s);
+        if (index == -1)
+            throw new Exception($"span <{s}> not found in span <{span}>");
+        return span.Slice(0,index);
+    }
+}
+#endif
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