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C# C# Streams and Data Processing Parsing Data Reading Line By Line

Posted by Jamie Baldaro
Jamie Baldaro
15,616 Points

Complete the following code to split the string by spaces into an array of strings.

Please!!! will someone explain to me what i'm doing wrong?

This really shouldn't be this difficult.Split it into an array of strings. I've even tried various solutions to this.

string[] words = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog".Split(null); string[] words = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog".Split(new char[0]); string[] words = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog".Split(' '); string[] words = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog".line.Split;

Please, could someone just put my mind to rest and give me some idea?

2 Answers

Craig Fender
Craig Fender
7,605 Points
Craig Fender
Craig Fender
7,605 Points

You need to pass a delimiter character to the Split method. In this case, the delimiter is a space to separate the words, so your third attempt should work as long as there is a space between the apostrophes (' '):

string[] words = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog".Split(' ');

Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates
15,052 Points
Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates
15,052 Points

So the answer is: 

Split(' ')

If you put double quotes, it fails. I'm not 100% certain if Split if quote-sensitive (" vs ' ) or if it's the Treehouse parsing logic. Either way, the correct answer is: Split(' ')