A more useful Split?

[mb]

I was wondering if there is an easy, more useful Split function that will
split with a string delimiter like "<>" or "////"?

[Scott Allen]

Hi mb:

You can use the Split method of the Regex class:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...plitTopic3.asp

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Scott
http://www.OdeToCode.com

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:07:21 -0600, "mb" <[e-mail]> wrote:

I was wondering if there is an easy, more useful Split function that will
split with a string delimiter like "<>" or "////"?

[Mark Rae]

"mb" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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I was wondering if there is an easy, more useful Split function that will
split with a string delimiter like "<>" or "////"?

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

string strTest = "One<>Two<>Three<>Four<>Five";
string[] astrTest = Regex.Split(strTest, "<>");

[mb]

THANKS!!

By the way, what does Regex stant for. I keep calling it "Rejects" :-)

"Mark Rae" <ma**@mark-N-O-S-P-A-M-rae.co.uk> wrote in message
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"mb" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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I was wondering if there is an easy, more useful Split function that will
split with a string delimiter like "<>" or "////"?

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

string strTest = "One<>Two<>Three<>Four<>Five";
string[] astrTest = Regex.Split(strTest, "<>");

[Daniel O'Connell [C# MVP]]

"mb" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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THANKS!!

By the way, what does Regex stant for. I keep calling it "Rejects" :-)

REGular EXpressions
"Mark Rae" <ma**@mark-N-O-S-P-A-M-rae.co.uk> wrote in message
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"mb" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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>I was wondering if there is an easy, more useful Split function that
>will
> split with a string delimiter like "<>" or "////"?

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

string strTest = "One<>Two<>Three<>Four<>Five";
string[] astrTest = Regex.Split(strTest, "<>");

[mb]

Is this faster than the string.Split method?
"Daniel O'Connell [C# MVP]" <[e-mail]> wrote in
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"mb" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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THANKS!!

By the way, what does Regex stant for. I keep calling it "Rejects" :-)

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"Mark Rae" <ma**@mark-N-O-S-P-A-M-rae.co.uk> wrote in message
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"mb" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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>I was wondering if there is an easy, more useful Split function that
>will
> split with a string delimiter like "<>" or "////"?

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

string strTest = "One<>Two<>Three<>Four<>Five";
string[] astrTest = Regex.Split(strTest, "<>");

[hOSAM]

You could implement your own splitting function.
Here's one I have done on a hurry that is ugly but working:

public static string[] StringSplit(string input, string delimiter)
{
ArrayList arr = new ArrayList();

int pos = -1;
int acheived = 0;
bool founddelimiter = false;
StringBuilder splitted = new StringBuilder();
StringBuilder temp = new StringBuilder();

while ( pos++ < input.Length -1 )
{
if ( input[pos] != delimiter[acheived] )
{
founddelimiter = false;
splitted.Append(temp.ToString());
splitted.Append( input[pos] );
acheived = 0;
temp.Length = 0;
}
else
{
if ( acheived == delimiter.Length - 1 )
{
temp.Length = 0;
arr.Add( splitted.ToString() );
founddelimiter = true;
splitted.Length = 0;
acheived = 0;
}
else
{
temp.Append(input[pos]);
acheived++;
}
}
}

if ( splitted.Length > 0 )
arr.Add( splitted.ToString() );

if ( founddelimiter )
arr.Add("");

return (string[]) arr.ToArray(typeof(string));

}

"mb" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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I was wondering if there is an easy, more useful Split function that will
split with a string delimiter like "<>" or "////"?

[Mark Rae]

"mb" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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Is this faster than the string.Split method?

I doubt it, but you don't have a lot of choice in this instance because the
string.Split method won't accept multiple characters to split on. Your only
other option is to write your own splitting function...

[Mark Rae]

"mb" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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THANKS!!

By the way, what does Regex stant for. I keep calling it "Rejects" :-)

The clue is in the namespace...

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

mb,
In addition to the other comments.

There are three Split functions in .NET:

Use Microsoft.VisualBasic.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.Split if you need to split a string based on a collection
of specific characters. Each individual character is its own delimiter.

Use System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegEx.Split to split based
on matching patterns.
By referencing the Microsoft.VisualBasic assembly in C# you can use the
Strings.Split function to split a string based on a word.

Something like:

string str = "one<>two<>three"; string [] fields = Strings.Split(str, "<>", -1,
CompareMethod.Binary);
Hope this helps
Jay
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[Phill]

"mb" <[e-mail]> wrote in message news:<OK**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...

Is this faster than the string.Split method?

Probably not, but is far more versatile.