Split a string into String Array in c#

Question

How do I split the string into a string array.

My string looks like this

string orgString = "1234-|@$@|-George,Michael -$@%@$-65489-|@$@|-Lawrence,  Steve J  -$@%@$-7897954-|@$@|-Oliver Mike  -$@%@$-56465-|@$@|-Waldimir Tursoky";

Now I want my string array to store name and number along with -|@$@|-

I tried the following code

string[] strArray = orgString.Split(new string[] {"-$@%@$-"}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

My output looks like this:

"1234-|@$@|-George,Michael "

But my desired output is (name first, number last)

"George,Michael -|@$@|-1234"

How can i achieve this in C#?

You can use split on hyphen '-' instead, then you have the chance to rearrange the strings. — Poul Bak
– Poul Bak, Commented Sep 24, 2018 at 19:09

Samvel Petrosov · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-24 22:20:33Z

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Just swap parts in the resulting string :

string orgString = "1234-|@$@|-George,Michael -$@%@$-65489-|@$@|-Lawrence,  Steve J  -$@%@$-7897954-|@$@|-Oliver Mike  -$@%@$-56465-|@$@|-Waldimir Tursoky";
string[] resultingList = orgString.Split(new string[] {"-$@%@$-"}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Select(x=>x.Split(new string[] {"-|@$@|-"}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Aggregate((x11,y)=>{return y+" -|@$@|- "+x11;})).ToArray();
foreach(string result in resultingList)
{
    Console.WriteLine(result);
}

edited Sep 24, 2018 at 22:20

answered Sep 24, 2018 at 19:10

Samvel Petrosov

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Santosh Over a year ago

Thanks. I appreciate it. Cant we have it in the string array instead of var.?

Samvel Petrosov Over a year ago

@Santosh yes, but you will need to add cast in that case.

Samvel Petrosov Over a year ago

@Santosh I have changed my answer

BurnsBA · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-24 19:24:48Z

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You can split again and then recombine

string outerDivider = "-$@%@$-";
string innerDivider = "-|@$@|-";

var results = orgString
    // Split by outer divider
    .Split(new string[] { outerDivider }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
    // Then for each of the results, split again on the inner divider
    .Select(x => x.Split(new string[] { innerDivider }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
    // Swap the order of elements around the inner divider and recombine into a string
    .Select(x => string.Join(innerDivider, x[1], x[0]));

answered Sep 24, 2018 at 19:24

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