Question

i have a string which contains something like this:

hello this is an {test, example}
or
hello this is an {test, example} some other text
or
hello this is an {test, example} some other text { test1, example1 } etc etc etc

now is this what i want:

create a list with all the normal text and all the text between the {}

so example:

• hello this is an
• test, example

or

• hello this is an
• test, example
• some other text

and so on ( just like the first examples of how the string looks like.

how can i do this the best?

Answer 1

Try this, it uses a RegEx instead of the Split function –

Dim value As String = "hello this is an {test, example} some other text { test1, example1 } etc etc etc"
Dim words As List(Of String) = new List(Of String) 

' Get a collection of matches.
Dim matches As MatchCollection = Regex.Matches(value, "[^\{\}]+")

For Each match As Match In matches
    words.Add(match.Captures(0).Value.Trim)
Next

The words list should now contain the required list.