Easiest way to split a string on newlines in .NET?

Question

I need to split a string into newlines in .NET and the only way I know of to split strings is with the Split method. However that will not allow me to (easily) split on a newline, so what is the best way to do it?

Answer 1

What about using a StringReader?

using (System.IO.StringReader reader = new System.IO.StringReader(input)) {     string line = reader.ReadLine(); } 

Answer 2

To split on a string you need to use the overload that takes an array of strings:

string[] lines = theText.Split(     new string[] { Environment.NewLine },     StringSplitOptions.None ); 

Edit:
If you want to handle different types of line breaks in a text, you can use the ability to match more than one string. This will correctly split on either type of line break, and preserve empty lines and spacing in the text:

string[] lines = theText.Split(     new string[] { "\r\n", "\r", "\n" },     StringSplitOptions.None );