VB.NET split on new lines (C# conversion)

Question

I\'m trying to convert this code from C# to VB.NET

string[] lines = theText.Split(new string[] { \"\\r\\n\", \"\\n\" }, StringSplitOptions.None);


        

Answer 1

You can't use backslash (\) to escape characters in VB. Use the ControlChars class:

Dim arg() As String = { ControlChars.CrLf, ControlChars.Lf }

Answer 2

From an online converter:

Your c# code:

string[] lines = theText.Split(new string[] { "\r\n", "\n" }, StringSplitOptions.None);

Converted to VB.NET:

Dim lines As String() = theText.Split(New String() {vbCr & vbLf, vbLf}, StringSplitOptions.None)

Answer 3

Escape sequences don't really exist in VB .Net as far as string literals are concerned.

There are 2 special constants which you can use instead:

vbCrLf
vbLf

Dim Excluded() As String

Dim arg() As String = {vbCrLf, vbLf}

Excluded = txtExclude.Text.Split(arg, StringSplitOptions.None)

For i As Integer = 0 To Excluded.GetUpperBound(0)
    MessageBox.Show("'" & Excluded(i) & "'")
Next

Should do the trick (untested though).