Shortcut for creating character array

Question

Since I like to Split() strings, I usually use

new char[] { ';' }

or something like that for a parameter for Split().

Is there any shortcut for creating a character array with one element at compile time? Not that I mind typing, but...

Solution 1

Especially for multiple elements, the following shortcut is nice:

";".ToCharArray()

You can use this with multiple chars:

";,\t".ToCharArray()

Solution 2

In C# 3, you can use an implicitly-typed array:

new[] { ';' }

If you're not passing a StringSplitOptions, you can simply take advantage of the params parameter:

.Split(',')

Comments

[Matthieu Charbonnier]

Great shortcut. I will never forget this one :)