Splitting a string into chunks of a certain size

Question

Suppose I had a string:

string str = \"1111222233334444\"; 

How can I break this string into chunks of some size?

e.g., breaking t

Answer 1

Personally I prefer my solution :-)

It handles:

• String lengths that are a multiple of the chunk size.
• String lengths that are NOT a multiple of the chunk size.
• String lengths that are smaller than the chunk size.
• NULL and empty strings (throws an exception).
• Chunk sizes smaller than 1 (throws an exception).

It is implemented as a extension method, and it calculates the number of chunks is going to generate beforehand. It checks the last chunk because in case the text length is not a multiple it needs to be shorter. Clean, short, easy to understand... and works!

    public static string[] Split(this string value, int chunkSize)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value)) throw new ArgumentException("The string cannot be null.");
        if (chunkSize < 1) throw new ArgumentException("The chunk size should be equal or greater than one.");

        int remainder;
        int divResult = Math.DivRem(value.Length, chunkSize, out remainder);

        int numberOfChunks = remainder > 0 ? divResult + 1 : divResult;
        var result = new string[numberOfChunks];

        int i = 0;
        while (i < numberOfChunks - 1)
        {
            result[i] = value.Substring(i * chunkSize, chunkSize);
            i++;
        }

        int lastChunkSize = remainder > 0 ? remainder : chunkSize;
        result[i] = value.Substring(i * chunkSize, lastChunkSize);

        return result;
    }