C# / .NET - split string by new line character

string originalString = "Some text";

​

// split string by new line - \n

String[] splittedString = originalString.Split("\n");

​

// split string by regex - \r?\n

// \r? - optional

// this regex will support most important platforms:

// - Windows - \r\n

// - UNIX / Linux / MacOS - \n

String[] splittedString = Regex.Split(originalString, "\r?\n");

using System;

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main(string[] args)

    {

        string originalString =

                "How\n" +

                "to\n" +

                "split\n" +

                "\n" +

                "\n" +

                "string";

​

        string[] splittedStrings = originalString.Split("\n");

        Console.WriteLine("# Original string: ");

        Console.WriteLine(originalString);

        Console.WriteLine();

​

        Console.WriteLine("# Split by new line character: ");

        int counter = 1;

        foreach (string stringElement in splittedStrings)

        {

            Console.WriteLine(counter + " - " + stringElement);

            counter++;

        }

    }

}

# Original string:

How

to

split

​

​

string

​

​

# Split by new line character:

1 - How

2 - to

3 - split

4 -

5 -

6 - string

using System;

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main(string[] args)

    {

        string originalString =

                        "How\n" +

                        "to\r\n" +

                        "split\r\n" +

                        "\n" +

                        "\r\n" +

                        "string";

​

        string[] splittedStrings = Regex.Split(originalString, "\r?\n");

        Console.WriteLine("# Original string: ");

        Console.WriteLine(originalString);

        Console.WriteLine();

​

        Console.WriteLine("# Split by new line character: ");

        int counter = 1;

        foreach (string stringElement in splittedStrings)

        {

            Console.WriteLine(counter + " - " + stringElement);

            counter++;

        }

    }

}

# Original string:

How

to

split

​

​

string

​

​

# Split by new line character:

1 - How

2 - to

3 - split

4 -

5 -

6 - string