How do I split tab character via C# split() method?

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Hello, I am unable to remove a tab from a sentence. Please check my code for more details.

Thank you in advance.

What I have tried:

C#

static void Main(string[] args)
        {

            String str1 = "Great punctuation: keep only words, skip all punctuation.\tAlso - skip all spaces and tab characters!";

            char[] spearator = { ',', ' ', '!', ':', ';', '.', '-'};
            
            String[] strlist1 = str1.Split(spearator,
               StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

            foreach (String x in strlist1)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(x);
            }

        }

Output:

Great
punctuation
keep
only
words
skip
all
punctuation
        Also // How Do I remove tab too? I can't add '/t' - it does not work
skip
all
spaces
and
tab
characters

I need the output to be:

Great
punctuation
keep
only
words
skip
all
punctuation
Also // Without Tab
skip
all
spaces
and
tab
characters

Posted 8-Feb-22 0:49am

LuckyChloe

Updated 8-Feb-22 10:03am

Sean Ewington

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Richard MacCutchan 8-Feb-22 7:08am

Use '\t' for tab.

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Chris Copeland · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-08T00:55:00

Solution 1

The value '/t' isn't a valid character code. A single tab character is represented by '\t' instead. You need to use a back-slash rather than a forward-slash.

C#

char[] spearator = { ',', ' ', '!', ':', ';', '.', '-', '\t'};

Posted 8-Feb-22 0:55am

Chris Copeland

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LuckyChloe 8-Feb-22 6:58am

Thank You

Tony Hill · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-08T00:57:00

Solution 2

You have escaped the tab incorrectly using '/t'.

char[] spearator = { ',', ' ', '!', ':', ';', '.', '-', '\t' };

Posted 8-Feb-22 0:57am

Tony Hill

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LuckyChloe 8-Feb-22 6:59am

Thank You

M Imran Ansari · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-08T01:00:00

You can use Replace method to replace '\t' with empty string. Like:

String str1 = "Great punctuation: keep only words, skip all punctuation.\tAlso - skip all spaces and tab characters!";
str1 = str1.Replace("\t", "");
char[] spearator = { ',', ' ', '!', ':', ';', '.', '-' };
String[] strlist1 = str1.Split(spearator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
foreach (String x in strlist1)
{
    Console.WriteLine(x);
}

Output:
Great
punctuation
keep
only
words
skip
all
punctuation
Also
skip
all
spaces
and
tab
characters

How do I split tab character via C# split() method?

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