Here's a nifty little bit of code I just wrote while writing a console input handler. Sometimes you will want to split up a string by a space, but then how do you input more than one word as a single argument? You put it in quote marks, but then how do you split those separately? Like this:
MatchCollection matches = Regex.Matches(p, "[^\\s\"']+|\"[^\"]*\"|'[^']*'");
Yep, one line of code. Don't forget to include System.Text.RegularExpressions though!
Lets take it further for a little test (actually the test code I was using):
MatchCollection matches = Regex.Matches(p, "[^\\s\"']+|\"[^\"]*\"|'[^']*'");
WriteToConsole("Match Count: {0}", matches.Count);
foreach (Match match in matches) WriteToConsole(match.ToString());
Input:
The "quick brown fox" jumps over "the lazy dog"
Output:
Match Count: 5
The
"quick brown fox"
jumps
over
"the lazy dog"
So there you have it, probably the easiest way to do it.
Enjoy
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