How to: Split Strings (C# Programming Guide)

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How to: Split Strings (C# Programming Guide)

Visual Studio 2010 This topic has not yet been rated - Rate this topic The following code example demonstrates how a string can be parsed using the String.Split method. As input, Split takes an array of chars that indicate which characters are to be used as delimiters. In this example, spaces, commas, periods, colons, and tabs are used. An array containing these delimiters is passed to Split, and each word in the sentence is displayed separately using the resulting array of strings.

Example

class TestStringSplit { static void Main() { char[] delimiterChars = { ' ', ',', '.', ':', '\t' }; string text = "one\ttwo three:four,five six seven"; System.Console.WriteLine("Original text: '{0}'", text); string[] words = text.Split(delimiterChars); System.Console.WriteLine("{0} words in text:", words.Length); foreach (string s in words) { System.Console.WriteLine(s); } // Keep the console window open in debug mode. System.Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit."); System.Console.ReadKey();

} } /* Output: Original text: 'one 7 words in text: one two three four five six seven */

two three:four,five six seven'

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