1 liner for String.Split

[Robert]

in regards to parsing directories..

Dim Sep(0) as char
Sep(0) = "\"
Dim Parts() as string = Filename.Split(Sep)
What I want is to declare a temporary variable that is passed to split directly.

Tried a few ways, none work...

Any ideas?

[ShaneO]

Robert wrote:

in regards to parsing directories..

Dim Sep(0) as char
Sep(0) = "\"
Dim Parts() as string = Filename.Split(Sep)
What I want is to declare a temporary variable that is passed to split directly.

Tried a few ways, none work...

Any ideas?

I'm not really sure what you're asking, but is this what you want? -

Dim Parts() As String = Filename.Split("\"c)
ShaneO

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[Family Tree Mike]

"Robert" <[e-mail] in message
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in regards to parsing directories..

Dim Sep(0) as char
Sep(0) = "\"
Dim Parts() as string = Filename.Split(Sep)
What I want is to declare a temporary variable that is passed to split
directly.

Tried a few ways, none work...

Any ideas?

I would do it this way instead:
Dim Parts() As String =
Filename.Split(System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorCh ar)

[Hal Rosser]

>

Dim Sep(0) as char
Sep(0) = "\"
Dim Parts() as string = Filename.Split(Sep)
What I want is to declare a temporary variable that is passed to split
directly.

Tried a few ways, none work...

If its VB, why not just use the Split function instead of the split method
of the String class.

Dim Parts() as String = split(Filename, "\")

[Teme64]

Robert wrote:

in regards to parsing directories..

Dim Sep(0) as char
Sep(0) = "\"
Dim Parts() as string = Filename.Split(Sep)
What I want is to declare a temporary variable that is passed to split directly.

Tried a few ways, none work...

Any ideas?

Here you go:

Dim Parts() As String = Filename.Split(New Char() {"\"c})

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[Robert]

>Dim Sep(0) as char

>Sep(0) = "\"
Dim Parts() as string = Filename.Split(Sep)

Dim Parts() As String = Filename.Split(New Char() {"\"c})

Ding, Ding! We have a winner.

First, it must be a char array or a string array.
Second using the VisualBasic namespace is just not something I do ever since a large PocketPC port.
The name space does not exist there.

Third, I swear I tried the above, but without the New!

Now, why the new? Because that makes it work, DUH, got that.
but in my example above, new is not needed..

Thanks a bunch for saving some useless filler lines. Conciseness is important.

[Family Tree Mike]

"Robert" <[e-mail] in message
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>>Dim Sep(0) as char
Sep(0) = "\"
Dim Parts() as string = Filename.Split(Sep)

Dim Parts() As String = Filename.Split(New Char() {"\"c})

Ding, Ding! We have a winner.

First, it must be a char array or a string array.
Second using the VisualBasic namespace is just not something I do ever
since a large PocketPC port.
The name space does not exist there.

Third, I swear I tried the above, but without the New!

Now, why the new? Because that makes it work, DUH, got that.
but in my example above, new is not needed..

Thanks a bunch for saving some useless filler lines. Conciseness is
important.

OK, but calling split with a single character does work. I see that the
documentation says it must be an array. There must be a conversion to an
array as all of the single character versions posted work fine for me.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Family Tree Mike" <Fa************@ThisOldHouse.comschrieb:

>First, it must be a char array or a string array.
Second using the VisualBasic namespace is just not something I do ever
since a large PocketPC port.
The name space does not exist there.

Third, I swear I tried the above, but without the New!

[...]
OK, but calling split with a single character does work. I see that the
documentation says it must be an array. There must be a conversion to an
array as all of the single character versions posted work fine for me.

Just use '... = s.Split("/"c)'. The parameter is actually a parameter array
('ParamArray'), which allows multiple ways of calling:

* '... = s.Split(New Char() {"a"c, "b"c})'
* '... = s.Split("a"c, "b"c)'

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[Robert]

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.atwrote in message news:eB**************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

"Family Tree Mike" <Fa************@ThisOldHouse.comschrieb:

>>First, it must be a char array or a string array.
Second using the VisualBasic namespace is just not something I do ever since a large PocketPC port.
The name space does not exist there.

Third, I swear I tried the above, but without the New!

[...]
OK, but calling split with a single character does work. I see that the documentation says it must be an array.
There must be a conversion to an array as all of the single character versions posted work fine for me.

Just use '... = s.Split("/"c)'. The parameter is actually a parameter array ('ParamArray'), which allows multiple
ways of calling:

* '... = s.Split(New Char() {"a"c, "b"c})'
* '... = s.Split("a"c, "b"c)'

I tried at least 5 different permutations on this. None worked...

Then with the new VB with {} I poked around some more thinking, oooh declare and
initialize in one shot! Can remove some useless lines. Still nothing..

not sure where I got distracted, as it is disgustingly, obviously, no-way-to-go-wrong, dead easy!

Must be getting too old..