When we get retrive People or Group field returning semicolon hash then Name

1;#Deepak Kumar


Get User name:

new SPFieldLookupValue(properties.ListItem["Staff Member"].ToString()).LookupValue;


Get User ID:

new SPFieldLookupValue(properties.ListItem["Staff Member"].ToString()).LookupId;

Using Split fuction:

properties.ListItem["Staff Member"].ToString();

You are going to be returned their userID and username, so it will always be returned separated by ;#.



properties.ListItem["Staff Member"].ToString().split(";#")[1];