How to split a string and keep the delimiters?
asp.net, c#, split, string, translation
Solution
Simple, replace them first. I'll use the `"|"` for readability but you may want to use something more exotic.
// this part could be made a little smarter and more flexible.
// So, just the basic idea:
Text = Text.Replace(". ", ". |").Replace("? ", "? |").Replace("! ", "! |");
if (Text.Contains("|"))
return Text.Split('|', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
And I wonder about the `else return new string[0];`, that seems odd. Assuming that when there are no delimiters you want the return the input string, you should just remove the `if/else` construct.
Problem
I know that you saw many questions like mine, but I hope mine is a little bit different. I'm making a translator and I wanted to split a text into sentences but when I've written this code: ``` public static string[] GetSentences(string Text) { if (Text.Contains(". ") || Text.Contains("? ") || Text.Contains("! ")) return Text.Split(new string[] { ". ", "? ", "! " }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); else return new string[0]; } ``` It removed the ".", "?", "!". I want to keep them how can I do it. NOTE: I want to split by ". " dot and a space, "? " question mark and space...