How to split string against multiple string patterns

Question

Hello All, 

I am facing problem in splitting string against multiple string patterns. Please help me on this.

eg : my string is 

 string value = "cat[__]dog[__]animal[__]person(__)abc[__]dog1[__]animal1(__)person2[***]iobdb[***]blabla";           

I want to split this string into string array against multiple string patterns like [__], (__), [***]

How can i achieve this. please help me... 

Thanks

Chandu

Answer 1

Try following code

  string value = "cat[__]dog[__]animal[__]person(__)abc[__]dog1[__]animal1(__)person2[***]iobdb[***]blabla";
  string[] separators = { "[__]", "(__)", "[***]" };
  var items = value.Split(separators, StringSplitOptions.None);

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Gaurav Khanna | Microsoft MVP | Microsoft Community Contributor

Answer 2

You can use the '|' as an 'or' operator, but don't forget to escape special characters:

string[] arr = Regex.Split(value, @"\[__\]|\(__\)|\[\*\*\*]");

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