split text

[bpayne111]

why won't this text split correctly?

 

 

temp2 ="Description . . . . . . . . : Wireless USB Adapter";
if(temp2.StartsWith("Description"))
{
string[] splitText;
char[] splitter = new char[':'];
splitText = temp2.Split(splitter);

Console.WriteLine(splitText[0]);

}								

 

i'm stuck... any help?

Edited April 28, 2004 by PlausiblyDamp

[Iceplug]

new char[x];

Is supposed to create a new array with x number of elements... don't think a character there will do it for you.

 

Try this:

char[] splitter = {':'};

[PWNettle]

Another option that can work, depending on your circumstances, is to use a string literal for your split character with the .ToCharArray() method to coerce it to type Char. With this approach you don't have to declare and use an extra variable for the "splitter". For ex:

 

splitText = temp2.Split(":".ToCharArray());

 

Paul

[Nerseus]

If you just have one char, just split on the char:

splitText = temp2.Split(':');

 

The Split method has a "params" overload so you don't need to pass an array. If you had two chars to split on, you could use:

splitText = temp2.Split(':', '.');

 

If you wanted to use an array, use this syntax:

char[] splitter = new char[] {':'};

splitText = temp2.Split(splitter);

 

NOTE:

When you used:

char[] splitter = new char[':'];

 

The compiler converted the character colon (':') into it's numeric equivalent: ASCII 58.

"splitter" is then initialized to be a 58 character array, with each character taking it's default value (ASCII 0, since this is a value type array).

 

-Nerseus

[bpayne111]

thanks for the help guys

i'm switching to Regex i think

it seems more fit to do the job i want

 

thanks

brand0on