how do you split a string with a string in C#

Question

I would like to split a string into a String[] using a String as a delimiter.

String delimit = "[break]";
String[] tokens = myString.Split(delimit);

But the method above only works with a char as a delimiter.

Any takers?

Answer 1

Like this:

mystring.Split(new string[] { delimit }, StringSplitOptions.None);

For some reason, the only overloads of Split that take a string take it as an array, along with a StringSplitOptions.
I have no idea why there isn't a string.Split(params string[]) overload.

Answer 2

I personally prefer to use something like this, since regex has that split:

public static string[] Split(this string input, string delimit)
{
  return Regex.Split(input, delimit);
}