Split a string based on white space in C#

Question

I have a string "dexter is good annd bad".

I want create a list by splitting this string based on the space.

I have achieved this using following code

string ss = "dexter is  good    annd        bad";
    var s = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(ss) && ss!= "null"? ss.Split(' ').ToList(): new List<string>();

The problem is this list also contains spaces, I don't need spaces or empty string to be in my list.

This is duplicate question, and offered answers are not optimal. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6111298/best-way-to-specify-whitespace-in-a-string-split-operation — ivo.tisljar, Apr 08 '23 at 20:31

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 22 '17 at 18:34

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You can use String.Split method:

var s = ss.Split(" ".ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

answered Mar 22 '17 at 18:34

Darjan Bogdan

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '22 at 17:55

1

Another option is to use the Regex.Split Method from System.Text.RegularExpressions:

string[] s = Regex.Split(ss, @"\s+");

answered Nov 23 '22 at 17:55

nwsmith

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