Perform Trim() while using Split()

Question

today I was wondering if there is a better solution perform the following code sample.

string keyword = " abc, foo  ,     bar"; string match = "foo"; string[] split= keyword.Split(new char[] { ',', ';' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); foreach(string s in split) {   if(s.Trim() == match){// asjdklasd; break;} } 

Is there a way to perform trim() without manually iterating through each item? I'm looking for something like 'split by the following chars and automatically trim each result'.

Ah, immediatly before posting I found

List<string> parts = line.Split(';').Select(p => p.Trim()).ToList(); 

in How can I split and trim a string into parts all on one line?

Still I'm curious: Might there be a better solution to this? (Or would the compiler probably convert them to the same code output as the Linq-Operation?)

Answer 1

Another possible option (that avoids LINQ, for better or worse):

string line = " abc, foo  ,     bar"; string[] parts= Array.ConvertAll(line.Split(','), p => p.Trim()); 

However, if you just need to know if it is there - perhaps short-circuit?

bool contains = line.Split(',').Any(p => p.Trim() == match);