Does C# have a String Tokenizer like Java's?

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I'm doing simple string input parsing and I am in need of a string tokenizer. I am new to C# but have programmed Java, and it seems natural that C# should have a string tokenizer. Does it? Where is it? How do I use it?

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11 Answers

You could use String.Split method.

class ExampleClass
{
    public ExampleClass()
    {
        string exampleString = "there is a cat";
        // Split string on spaces. This will separate all the words in a string
        string[] words = exampleString.Split(' ');
        foreach (string word in words)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(word);
            // there
            // is
            // a
            // cat
        }
    }
}

For more information see Sam Allen's article about splitting strings in c# (Performance, Regex)

user_110980

The split method of a string is what you need. In fact the tokenizer class in Java is deprecated in favor of Java's string split method.

user_103870

I think the nearest in the .NET Framework is 

string.Split()
Steve_Morgan_58060

For complex splitting you could use a regex creating a match collection.

Admin1

use Regex.Split(string,"#|#");

Admin1

If you are using C# 3.5 you could write an extension method to System.String that does the splitting you need. You then can then use syntax:

string.SplitByMyTokens();

More info and a useful example from MS here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb383977.aspx

paulshannon_115030
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