Split string into two arrays C#

Question

I'd like to split a string into two arrays:

string foo = "apple;carrot";

I want to put "apple" into one array, and "carrot" in another array.

Just using foo.Split(;) would result in both words being put into the same array, one after each other.

I hope I made myself clear, and thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You would need to project the array to a new array for each item:

string foo = "apple;carrot";
var collection = foo.Split(';').Select(x=> new String[] { x });

This will return you IEnumerable<String[]> which you can iterate.

foreach(var array in collection)
{
  // do something with array
}

Or you can create an array of arrays like this:

var arrays = collection.ToArray();

Answer 2

        var splits = foo.Split( new char[]{ ';' });