Two types of search in the same textbox

Question

I wonder if it is possible to search two types of variables (one at a time) in a single textbox. Example:

public ActionResult Index(string pesquisa)
{
    var usuario =  from u in db.usuario
                  select u;

    if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(pesquisa))
    {
        usuario = usuario.Where(p => p.nomecompleto.Contains(pesquisa));
    }

    return View(usuario);
}

This my code above returns registered users of the site according to the name. I would like the site administrator to have the option to search users both by name and by CPF (which has been defined as int), simply typing the name or CPF.

Could someone explain if it is possible to do this? And if possible, I would like to take advantage of the code above.

Answer 1

It is possible. Just make your search string also search by CPF.

I don’t know her user class, but I suppose she has a field CPF which is a String already formatted, and what comes from the screen is also a String CPF already formatted within the field pesquisa:

public ActionResult Index(string pesquisa)
{
    var usuario =  from u in db.usuario
                  select u;

    if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(pesquisa))
    {
        usuario = usuario.FirstOrDefault(p => p.nomecompleto.Contains(pesquisa) || p.cpf.Contains(pesquisa));
    }

    return View(usuario);
}