Any better way to TRIM() after string.Split()?

Question

Noticed some code such as

string[] ary = parms.Split(",".ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
for( int i = 0; i < ary.Length; i++)
       ary[i] = ary[i].Trim();

works fine but wondering if there is a better way to do this in one step

Answer 1

string[] trimmedStrings = parms.Split(',')
                               .Select(s => s.Trim())
                               .Where(s => s != String.Empty)
                               .ToArray();

BTW, consider using generic typed list like List<string> rather than legacy arrays

IList<string> trimmedStrings = parms.Split(',')
                                    .Select(s => s.Trim())
                                    .Where(s => s != String.Empty)
                                    .ToList();

Answer 2

Still 2 steps but without the loop

ary = ary.Select(str => str.Trim()).ToArray();

or

ary = ary.Split(',').Select(str => str.Trim())
                    .Where(str => str != string.Empty)
                    .ToArray();

To preserve the RemoveEmptyEntries behavior and also remove the items that are trimable