How split this specific string into array

January 26, 2022

How can i split this specific string with spaces into array?
MyDatabase C:\MyDatabase\Backup "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin"

I want to have array like this: \

[MyDatabase], [C:\MyDatabase\Backup], ["C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin"]

I can’t match any specific sperator for .Split() function

>Solution :

If you are writing code to parse command-line arguments, you could use the NuGet package System.CommandLine.

After adding that package, you can write code like this:

using System;
using System.CommandLine;

namespace Demo
{
    static class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            string commandLine = "MyDatabase C:\\MyDatabase\\Backup \"C:\\Program Files\\MySQL\\MySQL Server 8.0\\bin\"";

            var cmd    = new RootCommand();
            var result = cmd.Parse(commandLine);

            Console.WriteLine($"{result.Tokens.Count} arguments found:");

            foreach (var argument in result.Tokens)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(argument);
            }
        }
    }
}

The output from that program is:

3 arguments found:
Argument: MyDatabase
Argument: C:\MyDatabase\Backup
Argument: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin

This is somewhat of a "sledgehammer to crack a nut", but if you really are parsing command line arguments, System.CommandLine provides a great deal of functionality beyond just the basic parsing.