Split string into object

Question

I'm looking for some guidance on how to split a string into object properties in C#, I'm struggling with how to do it.

For example I have a string of a filename like

Artist, Song, CreationDateTime

And I want to parse that into an object with properties of Artist, Song and CreationDateTime.

What would be the most efficient method? I'm struggling past delimiting the string by a comma into an array. From there it then can't be assigned to the properties.

You need to show us your actual data, not just say what you think it's “like”. If it's comma-separated consult questions on [CSV parsers](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2081418/). — Dour High Arch, Oct 21 '18 at 18:57
Depending on where that data comes from there are plenty of different ways to achueve this, e.g. some JSON-serializer, XML-serializer, CSV-reader... — MakePeaceGreatAgain, Oct 21 '18 at 19:19

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 21 '18 at 19:21

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This should help you:

            string strToParse = "MyArtist, MySong, MyCreationDate"; // your string
        string [] arrayOfStrings = strToParse.Split(',');       // split string to array by comma character
        if (arrayOfStrings.Length != 3) // check if you splitted correct, and have 3 entries
            return;

        var anonymousType = new { Artist = arrayOfStrings[0], Song = arrayOfStrings[1], Date = arrayOfStrings[2] }; // replace anonymous type with your type

answered Oct 21 '18 at 19:21

PSMNH

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This is spot on, as im already in an array! – sam strider Oct 21 '18 at 19:43
This does not work if `MyArtist` or `MySong` contain commas. – Dour High Arch Oct 21 '18 at 20:44

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