Question

I’m putting a concatenated string into the Tag property of a component this way:

Tag = String.Format("{0};{1};{2}", AThis, AThat, ATheOtherThing);

Now how do I get it out, as Tag is an object? Trying to do this:

String[] someStuff = Tag.Split(';'); 

I get, “‘object’ does not contain a definition for ‘Split’ and no extension method ‘Split’ accepting a first argument of type ‘object’ could be found

Answer 1

The type of Tag is object but the Split method is on String. You need to cast Tag back to String in order to call Split

string[] someStuff = ((string)Tag).Split(';');