Question

Test code:

string files = "C:\Hello; C:\Hi; D:\Goodmorning; D:\Goodafternoon; E:\Goodevening";
string[] paths = files.Split(';');

foreach (string s in paths)
{
    MessageBox.Show(s);
}

How do I remove the whitespaces before storing it into the array?

Answer 1

You can use String.Trim method, like this:

foreach (string s in paths)
{
    MessageBox.Show(s.Trim());
}

Alternatively, you can eliminate spaces before they enter paths, like this:

files.Split(new[]{';', ' '}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);