How to split a string into a fixed length string array?

Question

I have a long string like this

dim LongString as String = \"123abc456def789ghi\"

And I want to split it into a string array. Each element

Answer 1

This C# code should work:

public static string[] SplitByLength(string text, int length)
{
    // According to your comments these checks aren't necessary, but
    // I think they're good practice...
    if (text == null)
    {
        throw new ArgumentNullException("text");
    }
    if (length <= 0)
    {
        throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("length");
    }
    if (text.Length % length != 0)
    {
        throw new ArgumentException
            ("Text length is not a multiple of the split length");
    }
    string[] ret = new string[text.Length / length];
    for (int i = 0; i < ret.Length; i++)
    {
        ret[i] = text.Substring(i * length, length);
    }
    return ret;
}

Reflector converts that to VB as:

Public Shared Function SplitByLength(ByVal [text] As String, _
                                      ByVal length As Integer) As String()
    ' Argument validation elided
    Dim strArray As String() = New String(([text].Length \ length)  - 1) {}
    Dim i As Integer
    For i = 0 To ret.Length - 1
        strArray(i) = [text].Substring((i * length), length)
    Next i
    Return strArray
End Function

It's possible that that isn't idiomatic VB, which is why I've included the C# as well.