Issue in splitting an array of strings

Question

I'm using webrequests to retrieve data in a .txt file that's on my dropbox using this "format". ``` SomeStuff AnotherStuff StillAnother ``` And i'm using this code to retrieve each line and read it: ``` Private Sub DataCheck() Dim datarequest As HttpWebRequest = CType(HttpWebRequest.Create("https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com.txt"), HttpWebRequest) Dim dataresponse As HttpWebResponse = CType(datarequest.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse) Dim sr2 As System.IO.StreamReader = New System.IO.StreamReader(dataresponse.GetResponseStream()) Dim datastring() As String = sr2.ReadToEnd().Split(CChar(Environment.NewLine)) If datastring(datastring.Length - 1) <> String.Empty Then For Each individualdata In datastring MessageBox.Show(individualdata) Console.WriteLine(individualdata) Next End If End Sub ``` The problem is, the output is this: It always adds a line break (equal to " " as i see as first character on each but the first line string) after the first line like: http://img203.imageshack.us/img2…

Accepted Answer

You are not splitting by `NewLine` since you are cutting off `Environment.NewLine` which is a `string` with `CChar`. You just have to use the overload of `String.Split` that takes a `String()` and a `StringSplitOption`:

So instead of

```
Dim text = sr2.ReadToEnd()
Dim datastring() As String = text.Split(CChar(Environment.NewLine))
```

this

```
Dim datastring() As String = text.Split({Environment.NewLine}, StringSplitOptions.None)
```

Issue in splitting an array of strings

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