I have a string in following format
"TestString 1 <^> TestString 2 <^> Test String3
Which i want to split by "<^>" string.
Using following statement it gives the output i want
"TestString 1 <^> TestString 2 <^> Test String3"
.Split("<^>".ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
But if my string contains "<" , ">" or "^" anywhere in the text then above split statement will consider that as well
Any idea how to split only for "<^>" string ?
By using ToCharArray you are saying "split on any of these characters"; to split on the sequence "<^>" you must use the overload that accepts a string[]:
string[] parts = yourValue.Split(new string[]{"<^>"}, StringSplitOptions.None);
Or in C# 3:
string[] parts = yourValue.Split(new[]{"<^>"}, StringSplitOptions.None);
yourValue - better?Edit: As others pointed already out: String.Split has a good overload for your usecase. The answer below is still correct (as in working), but - not the way to go.
That's because this string.Split overload takes an array of separator chars. Each of them splits the string.
You want: Regex.Split
Regex regex = new Regex(@"<\^>");
string[] substrings = regex.Split("TestString 1 <^> TestString 2 <^> Test String3");
And - a sidenote:
"<^>".ToCharArray()
is really just a fancy way to say
new[]{'<', '^', '>'}
<\^>.Try another overloaded Split method:
public string[] Split(
string[] separator,
StringSplitOptions options
)
So in you case it may looks like:
var result =
yourString.Split(new string[] {"<^>"},StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
Hope, this helps.
