cannot convert from 'string' to 'char[]' for split

Question

I am using the following code to split a string:

string sss="125asdasdlkmlkdfknkldj125kdjfngdkjfndkg125ksndkfjdks125";  List<String> s = new List<String>(sss.Split("125")); 

However, I receive a compile time error:

cannot convert from 'string' to 'char[]'

What is the correct way to split a string by another string?

Answer 1

There is no overload for String.Split which takes just a string, instead use the next closest match:

List<string> s = new List<string>(     sss.Split(new string[] { "125" }, StringSplitOptions.None)); 

Answer 2

This confused me for a long time. Finally I realised that I had used double instead of single quotes. In other words, I had x.Split(",") rather than x.Split(',').

I changed to single quotes and it worked for me.