How to split a string in C#

Question

I\'m having a string like

\"List_1 fooo asdf List_2 bar fdsa XList_3 fooo bar\"

and a List like

Answer 1

Here is the most simple and straight-forward solution:

    public static string[] Split(string val, List l_lstValues) {
        var dic = new Dictionary>();
        string curKey = string.Empty;
        foreach (string word in val.Split(' ')) {
            if (l_lstValues.Contains(word)) {
                curKey = word;
            }
            if (!dic.ContainsKey(curKey))
                dic[curKey] = new List();
            dic[curKey].Add(word);
        }
        return dic.Values.ToArray();
    }

There is nothing special about the algorithm: it iterates all incoming words and tracks a 'current key' which is used to sort corresponding values into the dictionary.

EDIT: I simplyfied the original answer to more match the question. It now returns a string[] array - just like the String.Split() method does. An exception will be thrown, if the sequence of incoming strings does not start with a key out of the l_lstValues list.