User input to be separated with semicolon

Question

Can you suggest a short way on how to separate the user input with a semicolon, and the store it into an array.

The line when a user is entering words should look like this.

First;Second;Third;Forth

user is inputting only words or numbers or what would be pattern? please explain more — Neel, Oct 07 '14 at 04:33
every word/string that the user type will be separated by a semicolon and not with space — Josh, Oct 07 '14 at 04:38
Also have look on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3601465/string-split-vs-regex-split , this for making a choice between available options. — Arindam Nayak, Oct 07 '14 at 04:48

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 07 '14 at 04:35

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Assuming the user input is placed in raw_input variable

string[] input = raw_input.Split(';');

answered Oct 07 '14 at 04:35

FYI- The String.Split method has few limitations. For example, it does not support splits on duplicate delimiters such as double pipe (||) characters, double tildes (~~), or double colons (::). – Arindam Nayak Oct 07 '14 at 04:47
@ArindamNayak Thank you for the tip, but the question was about a single delimiter – Diligent Key Presser Oct 07 '14 at 04:53

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 07 '14 at 04:39

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You can use Regex to split input, like following.

string input = "First;Second;Third;Forth";
string[] results = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Split(input,";");

answered Oct 07 '14 at 04:39

Arindam Nayak

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