Easiest way to parse a comma delimited string to some kind of object I can loop through to access the individual values?

Question

What is the easiest way to parse a comma delimited string list of values into some kind of object that I can loop through, so that I can access the individual values easily?

example string: "0, 10, 20, 30, 100, 200"

I'm a bit new to C#, so forgive me for asking a simple question like this. Thanks.

Answer 1

there are gotchas with this - but ultimately the simplest way will be to use

string s = [yourlongstring]; string[] values = s.Split(','); 

If the number of commas and entries isn't important, and you want to get rid of 'empty' values then you can use

string[] values = s.Split(",".ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); 

One thing, though - this will keep any whitespace before and after your strings. You could use a bit of Linq magic to solve that:

string[] values = s.Split(',').Select(sValue => sValue.Trim()).ToArray(); 

That's if you're using .Net 3.5 and you have the using System.Linq declaration at the top of your source file.

Answer 2

   var stringToSplit = "0, 10, 20, 30, 100, 200"; 

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    // To parse your string      var elements = test.Split(new[]     { ',' }, System.StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); 

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    // To Loop through     foreach (string items in elements)     {        // enjoy     }