How to split a line to another line?

Question

I have a line in the following format

"TestString 1 <^> TestString 2 <^> Test String3

What I want to break down the line "<^>".

Using the following statement, it gives the output I want

"TestString 1 <^> TestString 2 <^> Test String3" .Split("<^>".ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries) 

But if my line contains "<", ">" or "^" anywhere in the text, then the above split expression will treat it the same way

Any idea to split only on the string "<^>"?

Answer 1

Using ToCharArray , you say "splitting into any of these characters"; you must use the overload that takes string[] to split into the sequence "<^>" :

 string[] parts = yourValue.Split(new string[]{"<^>"}, StringSplitOptions.None); 

Or in C # 3:

 string[] parts = yourValue.Split(new[]{"<^>"}, StringSplitOptions.None); 

Answer 2

Edit: as others have already pointed out: String.Split has a good overload for your usecase. The answer below is still correct (as at work), but not the way to go.

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This is because this string.Split variable takes an array of separator characters. Each of them breaks a line.

You want: Regex.Split

 Regex regex = new Regex(@"<\^>"); string[] substrings = regex.Split("TestString 1 <^> TestString 2 <^> Test String3"); 

And - a side message:

 "<^>".ToCharArray() 

really just a fancy way of saying

 new[]{'<', '^', '>'} 

Answer 3

Try another overloaded Split method:

 public string[] Split( string[] separator, StringSplitOptions options ) 

So, in your case, it might look like this:

 var result = yourString.Split(new string[] {"<^>"},StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); 

Hope this helps.