What is the best way to convert a string separated by return chars into a List?

Question

I need to often convert a \"string block\" (a string containing return characters, e.g. from a file or a TextBox) into List

Answer 1

Hmm. You know that string now has a .Split() that takes a string[] array, right?

So ...

string[] lines = data.Split(
    new string[1]{ Environment.NewLine },
    StringSplitOptions.None
);