splitting lines in a file

[aphoorva a]

hi,
am trying to split lines in a file in such a way
where ever and or dot(.) comes in a file the line should get splitted

my code is working only for .(dot)not for (and)

code is as shown below

static void Main(string[] args)
{
  int i = 1;
  foreach (string line1 in File.ReadAllLines(@"g:/employee.txt"))
  {
    string[] srs = line1.Split('and','.');
    foreach (string dot in srs)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("{0}:{1}",i,dot);
        i++;
    }
  }
  Console.ReadLine();
}

with regards
aphoorva

[arie]

In c# there is no String.Split() method that has two "separators", one of the type of char, and second of the type of string, as its parameters (list of Split() methods: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y7h14879.aspx )

To split by char (e.g. '.') you do:

string[] srs = line1.Split('.');

To split by string you can also do:

string[] srs = Regex.Split(line1, "and");

I don't know if there is a method in framework to split string using two different separators, I guess you can write your own. Or there can be some regex pattern that you can use with Regex.Split() method, but I know about regex patterns only that they are out there :(

Some split examples: http://www.dotnetperls.com/string-split

[arie]

I found the regex pattern that does the trick:

string pattern = @"((and)|(\.))";
string[] srs = Regex.Split(line1, pattern);

The only problem is that it includes every "and" and "." in the table srs so you'll have to remove them later.