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/// <summary>
/// Splits a string in the same way as the System.String.Split() method but
/// with support for special treatment for escaped characters and for quoted
/// sections which won't be split.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Escaping supports the following special treatment:
/// <list type="bullet">
/// <item>escape is followed by 'n': a new line character is inserted</item>
/// <item>escape is followed by 'r': a form feed character is inserted</item>
/// <item>escape is followed by 't': a tabulator character is inserted</item>
/// <item>escape is followed by 'x': the next two characters are interpreted
/// as a hex code of the character to be inserted</item>
/// <item>any other character after the escape is inserted literally</item>
/// </list>
/// Escaping is applied within and outside of quoted sections.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="toSplit">the string to split</param>
/// <param name="quote">the quoting character, e.g. '"'</param>
/// <param name="escape">an escaping character to use both within and outside
/// of quoted sections, e.g. '\\'</param>
/// <param name="includeEmptyUnquotedSections">whether to return zero-length sections
/// outside of quotations or not. empty sections adjacent to a quoted section are
/// never returned.</param>
/// <param name="separator">the separator character(s) which will be used to
/// split the string outside of quoted sections</param>
/// <returns>the array of sections into which the string has been split up.
/// never null but possibly empty.</returns>
public static string[] SplitQuoted( string toSplit, char quote, char escape,
bool includeEmptyUnquotedSections, params char[] separator)
{
if ( toSplit == null )
{
throw new ArgumentNullException( "toSplit" );
}
if ( separator == null || separator.Length == 0 )
{
throw new ArgumentNullException( "separator" );
}
string separators = new string( separator );
if ( separators.IndexOf( quote ) >= 0 || separators.IndexOf( escape ) >= 0 )
{
throw new ArgumentException( Strings.StringToolSeparatorIncludesQuoteOrEscapeChar, "separator" );
}
StringCollection sections = new StringCollection();
StringBuilder section = null;
int length = toSplit.Length;
bool inQuotedSection = false;
for ( int i = 0; i < length; i++ )
{
char c = toSplit[ i ];
if ( c == escape )
{
if ( i < length - 1 )
{
if ( section == null )
{
section = new StringBuilder();
}
i++;
c = toSplit[ i ];
switch ( c )
{
case 'n':
section.Append( '\n' );
break;
case 'r':
section.Append( '\r' );
break;
case 't':
section.Append( '\t' );
break;
case 'x':
if ( i < length - 2 )
{
int upperHexNibble = GetHexValue( toSplit[ i + 1 ] ) * 16;
int lowerHexNibble = GetHexValue( toSplit[ i + 2 ] );
char hexChar = (char)( upperHexNibble + lowerHexNibble );
section.Append( hexChar );
i += 2;
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentException( Strings.StringToolMissingEscapedHexCode, "toSplit" );
}
break;
default:
section.Append( c );
break;
}
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentException( Strings.StringToolMissingEscapedChar, "toSplit" );
}
}
else if ( c == quote )
{
if ( section != null )
{
sections.Add( section.ToString() );
section = null;
}
else if ( inQuotedSection )
{
sections.Add( string.Empty );
}
inQuotedSection = !inQuotedSection;
}
else if ( separators.IndexOf( c ) >= 0 )
{
if ( inQuotedSection )
{
if ( section == null )
{
section = new StringBuilder();
}
section.Append( c );
}
else
{
if ( section != null )
{
sections.Add( section.ToString() );
section = null;
}
else if ( includeEmptyUnquotedSections )
{
if ( i == 0 || separators.IndexOf( toSplit[ i - 1 ] ) >= 0 )
{
sections.Add( string.Empty );
}
}
}
}
else
{
if ( section == null )
{
section = new StringBuilder();
}
section.Append( c );
}
}
if ( inQuotedSection )
{
throw new ArgumentException( Strings.StringToolUnbalancedQuotes, "toSplit" );
}
if ( section != null )
{
sections.Add( section.ToString() );
}
string[] sectionArray = new string[ sections.Count ];
sections.CopyTo( sectionArray, 0 );
return sectionArray;
}
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public static StringCollection FromCommaSeparated( string commaSeparatedList )
{
StringCollection fromCommaSeparated = new StringCollection();
fromCommaSeparated.AddCommaSeparated( commaSeparatedList );
return fromCommaSeparated;
}