C#: Split string and assign result to multiple string variables

Question

I have a string with several fields separated by a specific character, something like this:

A,B,C

I want to split the string at the commas and assign each resulting field to its own string variable. In Perl I can do that elegantly like this:

my ($varA, $varB, $varC) = split (/,/, $string);

What is the simplest and most elegant way to achieve the same result in C#?

I know that I can split into an array:

string[] results = string.Split(',');

But then I would have to access the fields via their index, e.g. results[2]. That is difficult to read and error-prone - consider not having 3 buth 30 fields. For that reason I prefer having each field value in its own named variable.

Answer 1

I agree. Hiding the split in an Adapter class seems like a good approach and communicates your intent rather well:

public class MySplitter
{
     public MySplitter(string split)
     {
         var results = string.Split(',');
         NamedPartA = results[0];
         NamedpartB = results[1];
     }

     public string NamedPartA { get; private set; }
     public string NamedPartB { get; private set; }
}