Question

I have a string which consists number of ordered terms separated by lines (\n) as it shown in the following example: (note, the string I have is an element of an array of string)

term 1
term 2
.......
.......
term n

I want to split a specific number of terms, let we say (1000) only and discard the rest of the terms. I’m trying the following code :

string[] training = traindocs[tr].Trim().Split('\n');
                List <string> trainterms = new List<string>();
                for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
                {
                    if (i >= training.Length)
                        break;
                    trainterms.Add(training[i].Trim().Split('\t')[0]);
                } 

Can I conduct this operation without using List or any other data structure? I mean just extract the specific number of the terms into the the Array (training) directly ?? thanks in advance.

Answer 1

How about LINQ? The .Take() extension method kind of seems to fit your bill:

List<string> trainterms = traindocs[tr].Trim().Split('\n').Take(1000).ToList();