C# String Split(Char[])

Description

String Split(Char[]) returns a string array that contains the substrings in this instance that are delimited by elements of a specified Unicode character array.

Syntax

String.Split(Char[]) has the following syntax.

public string[] Split(
  params char[] separator
)

Parameters

String.Split(Char[]) has the following parameters.

• separator - An array of Unicode characters that delimit the substrings in this instance, an empty array that contains no delimiters, or null.

Returns

String.Split(Char[]) method returns

Example

The following example demonstrates how to extract individual words from a block of text by treating white space and punctuation marks as delimiters.

using System;//from   w ww. ja  v a 2 s  .c o m

public class SplitTest {
    public static void Main() {

        string words = "This is a test\tand a tab character.";

        string [] split = words.Split(new Char [] {' ', ',', '.', ':', '\t' });

        foreach (string s in split) {
            if (s.Trim() != "")
                Console.WriteLine(s);
        }
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.