I have something like this:
string[] names= {"john","joe", "jim"};
data="john,4,3,6,joe,3,6,2,jim,3,6,7";
string[] results=data.Split(names,StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
this gives:
,4,3,6
,3,6,2
,3,6,7
but i want the names to be in the results array as well.
How about adding this line at the end:
results = results.Select((x, i) => names[i] + x).ToArray();
This will prepend the name in front of each entry, outputting:
john,4,3,6
joe,3,6,2
jim,3,6,7
You could keep your original code, then zip in the names:
string[] names= new [] {"john","joe", "jim" };
string data="john,4,3,6,joe,3,6,2,jim,3,6,7";
string[] results = data.Split(names, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
.Zip(names, (values, name) => name + values)
.ToArray();
