Is there any way to determine the number of arrays that a "Split" creates?

Question

When I do a "Split" based on a character, sometime my data will have [0],[1], and [2]. Sometimes only [1]. Sometimes only [0]. How can I account for this? Is there a way for me to determine the number of subscripts, array, index number, that is dynamically created by a "Split" so that I can string out my data and store it appropriately?

Thanks for your review and am hopeful for a reply.

PSULionRP

Answer 1

You should be able to use the .Length property of the resulting array from the Split.

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Answer 2

Can you show some samples of the raw data?  I'm not quite sure what you mean by

"Sometimes only [1]. Sometimes only [0]. "

.Length will tell you how many entries in an array, as mentioned, but if the raw data just randomly omits some fields then you have a more difficult problem.

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Paul Linton

Answer 3

Hi,

If I do a split on this string "Hello,world,i'm,good", I will have 4 elements which the maximum subscript will be 3 (4 - 1). To get the length you use .Length property:

string text = "Hello,world,i'm,good";
int length = text.Split(',').Length;

Note that length is 4 not 3. 4 is the number of elements and 3 (length - 1) is the maximum subscript.

So your array will end at text[3]