how to split a string into an array but only split on the first instance of a character (space in this case)

Question

i have a string "ABC DEF EFG" and i want to get an array:

array[0] = "ABC"
array[1] = "DEF EFG"

Answer 1

Use the overload:

"ABC DEF EFG".Split(new char[] { ' ' }, 2)

This limits the number of return parts like you want.

Answer 2

You can use the Split method with a number indicating the maximum number of array elements to return:

"ABC DEF EFG".Split(new char[] {' '}, 2)

will return "ABC" and "DEF EFG"