Split String Include Delimiter at the End in C#, VB.NET

By: Suresh Dasari Feb 6, 2017

Introduction:

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Description:

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By using regular expressions we can easily split and keep the delimiters at the end of string. Following is the sample code snippet to split the string with delimiter “}”.

C# Code

string strmsg = "{\"userid\":1,\"username\":\"suresh\",\"location\":\"chennai\"}{\"userid\":2,\"username\":\"rohini\",\"location\":\"guntur\"}";

string[] strarr = Regex.Split(strmsg, @"(?<=[}])").Where((s, i) => s != "").ToArray();

VB.NET Code

Dim strmsg As String = "{""userid"":1,""username"":""suresh"",""location"":""chennai""}{""userid"":2,""username"":""rohini"",""location"":""guntur""}"

Dim strarr As String() = Regex.Split(strmsg, "(?<=[}])").Where(Function(s, i) s <> "").ToArray()

When we execute above statements we will get result like as shown below.

If you want complete example to split string but to keep delimiter create new project and write the code like as shown below.

C# Code

using System;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace SampleConsoleApp

{

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

string strmsg = "{\"userid\":1,\"username\":\"suresh\",\"location\":\"chennai\"}{\"userid\":2,\"username\":\"rohini\",\"location\":\"guntur\"}";

string[] strarr = Regex.Split(strmsg, @"(?<=[}])").Where((s, i) => s != "").ToArray();

foreach (var item in strarr)

Console.WriteLine(item);

Console.ReadLine();

}

VB.NET Code

Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions

Module Module1

Sub Main()

Dim strmsg As String = "{""userid"":1,""username"":""suresh"",""location"":""chennai""}{""userid"":2,""username"":""rohini"",""location"":""guntur""}"

Dim strarr As String() = Regex.Split(strmsg, "(?<=[}])").Where(Function(s, i) s <> "").ToArray()

For Each item In strarr

Console.WriteLine(item)

End Sub

End Module

If you observe above examples we are splitting string with special characters “}”.

Demo

Now run the application to see the result that will be like as shown below. Following is the result of split string and include delimiter at the end of string.

This is how we can split the string and include delimiter at the end in c#, vb.net.