c# how to split a string by words code example

Example 1: string.split c#

//splitting a string to a string[] (array)
string toSplit = "I Hope this will help YOU!";
string[] Splitted = toSplit.Split(' '); // ' ' NOT " "
  //this is beacuse "" indicates a string but not a character literal(its '')
//OUTPUTS: [I, Hope, this, will, help, YOU!]

Example 2: split string in c#

string phrase = "The quick brown    fox     jumps over the lazy dog.";
string[] words = phrase.Split(' ');

foreach (var word in words)
{
    System.Console.WriteLine($"<{word}>");
}

Example 3: how to split a string with strings in c#

string[] separatingStrings = { "<<", "..." };

string text = "one<<two......three<four";
System.Console.WriteLine($"Original text: '{text}'");

string[] words = text.Split(separatingStrings, System.StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
System.Console.WriteLine($"{words.Length} substrings in text:");

foreach (var word in words)
{
    System.Console.WriteLine(word);
}