Question

i need to split this text

This is really cool, and i like it.

into this

this
is
really
cool
,
and
i
like
it
.

Any idea how to do this? splitting with space give this

this
is
really
cool,
and
i
like
it.

i need the punctuation i a separate element of an array

thanks

Answer 1

You cannot use String.Split to split on “nothing”.

Instead, you could use Regex.Split to do this:

Regex r = new Regex(@"[ ]|(?=[,.])");
string[] items = r.Split(input);

In this pattern, we either match a space (which gets “consumed”), OR, we do a look-ahead for punctuation (and don’t “consume” it).