c# - Best way to split string into lines

Question

How do you split multi-line string into lines?

I know this way

var result = input.Split("

".ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

looks a bit ugly and loses empty lines. Is there a better solution?

Answer 1

• If it looks ugly, just remove the unnecessary ToCharArray call.

• If you want to split by either or , you've got two options:

  • Use an array literal –?but this will give you empty lines for Windows-style line endings :

    var result = text.Split(new [] { '
    ', '
    ' });
    

  • Use a regular expression, as indicated by Bart:

    var result = Regex.Split(text, "
    |
    |
    ");
    

• If you want to preserve empty lines, why do you explicitly tell C# to throw them away? (StringSplitOptions parameter) – use StringSplitOptions.None instead.