using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class MyClass { public static void Main() { string SubjectString = "This is \"body text\" sample \"body text\" no more"; try { Regex RegexObj = new Regex("(.+?)(\"body text\"|$)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase); Match MatchResults = RegexObj.Match(SubjectString); int matchNr = 0; while (MatchResults.Success) { matchNr++; for (int i = 1; i < MatchResults.Groups.Count; i++) { Group GroupObj = MatchResults.Groups; if (GroupObj.Success) { WL(matchNr + "-" + i + " - " + GroupObj); } } MatchResults = MatchResults.NextMatch(); } } catch (ArgumentException ex) { // Syntax error in the regular expression } RL(); } #region Helper methods private static void WL(object text, params object[] args) { Console.WriteLine(text.ToString(), args); } private static void RL() { Console.ReadLine(); } private static void Break() { System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break(); } #endregion }

So you want to split the string where there are spaces? You can do this with the split static function : string test = "azrez zrzer zaerzer"; string [] arr = test.Split(' ');

Hi There. In the following post I understood what you wanted. I gave some hints on how to do it there. Good luck :)

I am confused by your statement that the list is separated by "comma" when I don't see any commas, but I was able to split the string you provided using the following regex: "/(?<=^|\s)[^\"\s]*(\")?(?(1).+?\"|\S+)\S*(?=$|\s)/"

It is a fairly complicated regex, to do something so seemingly simple... Take a look: "/(?<=^|\s)[^\"\s]*(\")?(?(1).+?\"|\S+)\S*(?=$|\s)/" there are two positive assertions, one a lookahead and the other a lookbehind. Those are in the first and last sets of parentheses: (?<=^|\s) and (?=$|\s) The first one says your match should directly follow either the beginning of a line or a whitespace character. The other says it should be directly followed by the end of a line or another whitespace character. With those out of the way, that leaves: [^\"\s]*(\")?(?(1).+?\"|\S+)\S* First it's looking for any characters that are not double quotes or whitespace: [^\"\s]* Then it's checking to see whether there is a double quote: (\")? Note that this is the first capturing subpattern, and is backrefernced with the number 1. Next there is a conditional subpattern: (?(1).+?\"|\S+) That says, if capturing subpattern 1 matched -> ?(1) <- (e.g. there was a double quote), look for any number of characters, including whitespace, until another double quotation is reached -> .+?\" <-. If capturing subpattern 1 did not match (e.g. there was no double quote), look for at least one non-whitespace character -> \S+ <-. That just leaves the last bit: \S* Which grabs the rest of the non-whitespace characters. Please note that there are definite limitations to this regex, and while it worked on the sample you gave me, it may not work if your actual problem deviates much from the sample (for instance if there can be multiple sets of quotes in a single entry). Good luck.

Hey JTitcomb - Many, many thanks from me for this solution - helped me implement a tag cloud!