Does any one know of a faster method to do String.Split()?

Question

I am reading each line of a CSV file and need to get the individual values in each column. So right now I am just using:

values = line.Split(delimiter);
         


        

Answer 1

    public static unsafe List SplitString(char separator, string input)
    {
        List result = new List();
        int i = 0;
        fixed(char* buffer = input)
        {
            for (int j = 0; j < input.Length; j++)
            {
                if (buffer[j] == separator)
                {
                    buffer[i] = (char)0;
                    result.Add(new String(buffer));
                    i = 0;
                }
                else
                {
                    buffer[i] = buffer[j];
                    i++;
                }
            }
            buffer[i] = (char)0;
            result.Add(new String(buffer));
        }
        return result;
    }