Best way to check for string in comma-delimited list with .NET?

Question

I\'m reading a comma-delimited list of strings from a config file. I need to check whether another string is in that list. For example:

\"apple,banana,cheese\"

Answer 1

Here's an option that ignores case.

var food = "apple,banana,cheese";

bool containsApp = food.Split(',')
                       .Where(s => string.Compare("app", s, true) == 0)
                       .Count() > 0;

bool containsApple = food.Split(',')
                         .Where(s => string.Compare("apple", s, true) == 0)
                         .Count() > 0;

Console.WriteLine("Contains \"app\"? {0}", containsApp);
Console.WriteLine("Contains \"apple\"? {0}", containsApple);