How to split a string by multiple chars? [duplicate]

Question

I have a string like this: string ip = "192.168.10.30 | SomeName". I want to split it by the | (including the spaces. With this code it is not possible unfortunately:

string[] address = ip.Split(new char[] {'|'}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

as this leads to "192.168.10.30 ". I know I can add .Trim() to address[0] but is that really the right approach?

Simply adding the spaces(' | ') to the search pattern gives me an

Unrecognized escape sequence

Answer 1

You can split by string, not by character:

var result = ip.Split(new string[] {" | "}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

Answer 2

The Split method accepts character array, so you can specify the second character as well in that array. Since you ware used RemoveEmptyEntries those spaces will be removed from the final result.

Use like this :

 string[] address = ip.Split(new char[] { '|',' '}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

You will get two items in the array

"192.168.10.30" and SomeName

Answer 3

This might do the trick for you

string[] address = ip.Split(new char[] { '|' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Select(s => s.Trim()).ToArray();