why does split function leaves empty cells in more the one delimiter?

[Elhanan]

hi all..

i have the following string:
200850625~01~46 4~^^200850625~0 1~464~^^2008506 25~01~908~^^

which i will need to turn to a mutli-dimentional string array

i used result.Split(ne w char[]{'^','^'}) for the rows
but for some reason i get an empty cell between each result, this is
also in the documentation, i just don't know why?

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

It does perfectly sense, The interpretation of the separators is of a OR ,
not a AND , it means that you are saying split by '^' or '^' it see two
together and it interprete it as an empty string ( or an empty field )

Can you in any way get rid of the double ^^ and replace them by a single
one?

ITOH it does not matter in the end, you just check for an empty string and
continue if so:

string[] parts1 = result.Split(ne w char[]{'^','^'}) ;
foreach( string s in parts1)
if ( s.Length>0 )
{
string[] parts2 = s.Split( new char[] {'~'} );
//do the work
}
cheers,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

"Elhanan" <em*****@hotmai l.com> wrote in message
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hi all..

i have the following string:
200850625~01~46 4~^^200850625~0 1~464~^^2008506 25~01~908~^^

which i will need to turn to a mutli-dimentional string array

i used result.Split(ne w char[]{'^','^'}) for the rows
but for some reason i get an empty cell between each result, this is
also in the documentation, i just don't know why?

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Elhanan,
In addition to the other comments on Split, there are three Split functions
in .NET:

Use Microsoft.Visua lBasic.Strings. Split if you need to split a string based
on a specific word (string). It is the Split function from VB6.

Use System.String.S plit if you need to split a string based on a collection
of specific characters. Each individual character is its own delimiter.

Use System.Text.Reg ularExpressions .RegEx.Split to split based
on matching patterns.
NOTE: VS.NET 2005 (.NET 2.0) adds an overload to String.Split for String
delimiters:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/t...us,vs.80).aspx

Hope this helps
Jay
"Elhanan" <em*****@hotmai l.com> wrote in message
news:11******** **************@ g44g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .
| hi all..
|
| i have the following string:
| 200850625~01~46 4~^^200850625~0 1~464~^^2008506 25~01~908~^^
|
| which i will need to turn to a mutli-dimentional string array
|
| i used result.Split(ne w char[]{'^','^'}) for the rows
| but for some reason i get an empty cell between each result, this is
| also in the documentation, i just don't know why?
|