Spliting string with string C# .net 1.1.4322

Question

How do I split a string with a string in C# .net 1.1.4322?

String example:

Key|Value|||Key|Value|||Key|Value|||Key|Value

need:

Key|Value
Key|Value
Key|Value

• I cannot use the RegEx.Split because the separating character is the ||| and just get every character separately.

• I cannot use the String.Split() overload as its not in .net 1.1

Example of Accepted solution:

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

String[] values = Regex.Split(stringToSplit,"\\|\\|\\|");

Answer 1

What about using @"\|\|\|" in your Regex.Split call? That makes the | characters literal characters.

Answer 2

One workaround is replace and split:

string[] keyvalues = "key|value|||key|value".replace("|||", "~").split('~');

Answer 3

here is an example:

System.Collections.Hashtable table;
string[] items = somestring.split("|||");
foreach(string item in items)
{
   string[] keyvalue = item.split("|");
   table.add(keyvalue[0],keyvalue[1]);
}