Split out ints from string

Question

Let\'s say I have a web page that currently accepts a single ID value via a url parameter:
http://example.com/mypage.aspx?ID=1234

I want to change it to acce

Answer 1

I see my answer came rather late, i.e. several other had written the same. Therefore I present an alternative method using regular expressions to validate and divide the string.

class Program
{
    //Accepts one or more groups of one or more digits, separated by commas.
    private static readonly Regex CSStringPattern = new Regex(@"^(\d+,?)*\d+$");

    //A single ID inside the string. Must only be used after validation
    private static readonly Regex SingleIdPattern = new Regex(@"\d+");

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string queryString = "1234,4321,6789";

        int[] ids = ConvertCommaSeparatedStringToIntArray(queryString);
    }

    private static int[] ConvertCommaSeparatedStringToIntArray(string csString)
    {
        if (!CSStringPattern.IsMatch(csString))
            throw new FormatException(string.Format("Invalid comma separated string '{0}'",
                                                    csString));

        List ids = new List();
        foreach (Match match in SingleIdPattern.Matches(csString))
        {
            ids.Add(int.Parse(match.Value)); //No need to TryParse since string has been validated
        }
        return ids.ToArray();
    }
}