How to read between a specified character in a string?

Question

I was trying to create a list from a user input with something like this:

Create newlist: word1, word2, word3, etc...,

but how do I get those words one by one only by using commas as references going through them (in order) and placing them into an Array etc? Example:

        string Input = Console.ReadLine();

        if (Input.Contains("Create new list:"))
        {
            foreach (char character in Input)
            {
                if (character == ',')//when it reach a comma
                {
                    //code goes here, where I got stuck...
                }
            }
        }

Edit: I didn`t know the existence of "Split" my mistake... but at least it would great if you could explain me to to use it for the problem above?

Possible duplicate of [C# Split A String By Another String](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2245442/c-sharp-split-a-string-by-another-string) — Camilo Terevinto, Feb 08 '18 at 17:27
Possible duplicate of [C#, a String's Split() method](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/459677/c-a-strings-split-method) — Patrick Artner, Feb 08 '18 at 17:27
You do know that you should RESEARCH first, then ask questions, do you? — Patrick Artner, Feb 08 '18 at 17:28
Please add some code showing what you've tried already & where it fails. — Marius Bughiu, Feb 08 '18 at 17:30
Ok sorry but can you explain me how to use "split"? I didn`t even know the existence of it... — zeta12900, Feb 08 '18 at 17:42

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 08 '18 at 17:27

7

You can use this:

String words = "word1, word2, word3";

List:

List<string> wordsList= words.Split(',').ToList<string>();

Array:

string[] namesArray = words.Split(',');

answered Feb 08 '18 at 17:27

Catarina Ferreira

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 08 '18 at 18:23

@patrick Artner beat me to it, but you can just split the input with the comma as the argument, or whatever you want the argument to be.

This is the example, and you will learn from the documentation.

    using System;

    public class Example {

    public static void Main()    {
          String value = "This is a short string.";
          Char delimiter = 's';
          String[] substrings = value.Split(delimiter);
          foreach (var substring in substrings)
             Console.WriteLine(substring);
    } 
}

The example displays the following output:

Thi 
i 
a 
hort 
tring.

How to read between a specified character in a string?

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