C# string parsing question

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I'm trying to split a string:

 string f = r.ReadToEnd();
 string[] seperators = new string[] {"[==========]"};
 string[] result;
result = f.Split(seperators, StringSplitOptions.None);

There's this ========== thing that separates entries. For the life of me, I can't get this to work. I've got a ruby version working...BUT using the string splitter classes I thought I knew for .NET doesn't seem to be working so well.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

What output do you get? It's possible the code is doing what you're asking it to do, but is not doing what you want it to do. — Charlie Salts
– Charlie Salts, Commented May 3, 2010 at 2:38

Claudio Redi · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-03 02:36:44Z

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You said that the separator is ========== but you're using [==========]. Try this:

string f = r.ReadToEnd();
string[] seperators = new string[] {"=========="};
string[] result;
result = f.Split(seperators, StringSplitOptions.None);

answered May 3, 2010 at 2:36

Claudio Redi

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Daniel Schaffer Over a year ago

I saw that and thought "no, it couldn't be..."

Charlie Salts Over a year ago

Yeah... me too. That would be too easy.

Claudio Redi Over a year ago

what can I say? :-) The code looks perfect, that's the only weird thing

rsteckly Over a year ago

I got rid of the brackets and it seemed to work. I should have thought of that...the confusing thing is that you are supposed to pass it an array. It should have been clear, though, because the brackets were in the literals.

Phil Young · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-03 02:43:44Z

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When I ran your code with the following modification:

string f = "string1[==========]string2[==========]string3";
string[] seperators = new string[] { "[==========]" };
string[] result;
result = f.Split(seperators, StringSplitOptions.None);
foreach (string x in result) Console.WriteLine(x);

The function writes out the strings as expected. I'd look at the contents of your file more closely - perhaps there is something in the encoding, or some other character that is missing when you devise a separator to work in C#/Windows.

answered May 3, 2010 at 2:43

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