A more useful Split?

[mb]

I was wondering if there is an easy, more useful Split function that will
split with a string delimiter like "<>" or "////"?

 

[Scott Allen]

Hi mb:

You can use the Split method of the Regex class:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...xtRegularExpressionsRegexClassSplitTopic3.asp

 

[Mark Rae]

I was wondering if there is an easy, more useful Split function that will
split with a string delimiter like "<>" or "////"?

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

string strTest = "One<>Two<>Three<>Four<>Five";
string[] astrTest = Regex.Split(strTest, "<>");

 

[mb]

THANKS!!

By the way, what does Regex stant for. I keep calling it "Rejects"

I was wondering if there is an easy, more useful Split function that will
split with a string delimiter like "<>" or "////"?

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

string strTest = "One<>Two<>Three<>Four<>Five";
string[] astrTest = Regex.Split(strTest, "<>");

 

[Daniel O'Connell [C# MVP]]

THANKS!!

By the way, what does Regex stant for. I keep calling it "Rejects"

REGular EXpressions

I was wondering if there is an easy, more useful Split function that
will
split with a string delimiter like "<>" or "////"?

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

string strTest = "One<>Two<>Three<>Four<>Five";
string[] astrTest = Regex.Split(strTest, "<>");

 

[mb]

Is this faster than the string.Split method?

THANKS!!

By the way, what does Regex stant for. I keep calling it "Rejects"

REGular EXpressions

I was wondering if there is an easy, more useful Split function that
will
split with a string delimiter like "<>" or "////"?

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

string strTest = "One<>Two<>Three<>Four<>Five";
string[] astrTest = Regex.Split(strTest, "<>");

 

[hOSAM]

You could implement your own splitting function.
Here's one I have done on a hurry that is ugly but working:

public static string[] StringSplit(string input, string delimiter)
{
ArrayList arr = new ArrayList();

int pos = -1;
int acheived = 0;
bool founddelimiter = false;
StringBuilder splitted = new StringBuilder();
StringBuilder temp = new StringBuilder();

while ( pos++ < input.Length -1 )
{
if ( input[pos] != delimiter[acheived] )
{
founddelimiter = false;
splitted.Append(temp.ToString());
splitted.Append( input[pos] );
acheived = 0;
temp.Length = 0;
}
else
{
if ( acheived == delimiter.Length - 1 )
{
temp.Length = 0;
arr.Add( splitted.ToString() );
founddelimiter = true;
splitted.Length = 0;
acheived = 0;
}
else
{
temp.Append(input[pos]);
acheived++;
}
}
}

if ( splitted.Length > 0 )
arr.Add( splitted.ToString() );

if ( founddelimiter )
arr.Add("");

return (string[]) arr.ToArray(typeof(string));

}

 

[Mark Rae]

Is this faster than the string.Split method?

I doubt it, but you don't have a lot of choice in this instance because the
string.Split method won't accept multiple characters to split on. Your only
other option is to write your own splitting function...

 

[Mark Rae]

THANKS!!

By the way, what does Regex stant for. I keep calling it "Rejects"

The clue is in the namespace...

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;