string.split only accept char[] separator

[Henry Chen]

Hi,

I have a string that needs to be parsed into the string[]. The separator is
not char[]. It is something like " at ". With current string.Split function,
it doesn't work. Is there any exist functions like "Split" that I can use to
do the job? Any idea of the simpliest way to do the job?

Thanks in advance,
Henry

[Klaus H. Probst]

String.Split is designed to be pretty basic. You need to use something like
a regex here. For example, given the string

"one::two::three::four::five::six"

this expression:

\w+[^::]

will give you six matches, each with one number.

There's probably a better way (Regex object have a Split method as well),
but you get the idea.
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"Henry Chen" <he********@postiive-it.com.au> wrote in message
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Hi,

I have a string that needs to be parsed into the string[]. The separator is not char[]. It is something like " at ". With current string.Split function, it doesn't work. Is there any exist functions like "Split" that I can use to do the job? Any idea of the simpliest way to do the job?

Thanks in advance,
Henry

[Chris R. Timmons]

"Henry Chen" <he********@postiive-it.com.au> wrote in
news:eI**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl:

Hi,

I have a string that needs to be parsed into the string[]. The
separator is not char[]. It is something like " at ". With
current string.Split function, it doesn't work. Is there any
exist functions like "Split" that I can use to do the job? Any
idea of the simpliest way to do the job?

Henry,

Use the Regex.Split function (found in the
System.Text.RegularExpressions namespace).

Hope this helps.

Chris.
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C.R. Timmons Consulting, Inc.
http://www.crtimmonsinc.com/

[Scott Carter]

See string.ToCharArray(). For performance and simplicity, I'd recommend
string.Split(...) over RegEx.

Scott

I have a string that needs to be parsed into the string[]. The separator is not char[]. It is something like " at ". With current string.Split function, it doesn't work. Is there any exist functions like "Split" that I can use to do the job? Any idea of the simpliest way to do the job?

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Henry,
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.

If you are using C#, you can reference the Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
assembly to use the first function.

Hope this helps
Jay

"Henry Chen" <he********@postiive-it.com.au> wrote in message
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Hi,

I have a string that needs to be parsed into the string[]. The separator is not char[]. It is something like " at ". With current string.Split function, it doesn't work. Is there any exist functions like "Split" that I can use to do the job? Any idea of the simpliest way to do the job?

Thanks in advance,
Henry