Splitting a string on new lines

I want to split a string (more of a paragraph, really) that I need to be able to split into each line and place each one of those lines in an array.

I have an editor-accessible (public) string which has been filled with around 20 lines of text which I need to split into an array called lines so I can get at each line by defining the line number.

Code (CSharp):

1. [Multiline(20)]
2.     public string text;
3.     public TypePauses typePauses;
4.     public string[] lines;
5.  
6.     void start()
7.     {
8.         lines = text.Split(new string[] { "\r\n", "\n" }, StringSplitOptions.None);
9.     }

I started with the above code, believing this would work, but it doesn't appear to actually do anything.
Am I doing something wrong, or is there a better way to do this?

 

public TextAsset TextFile;
void readTextFileLines() {
string[] linesInFile = TextFile.text.Split('\n');
foreach (string line in linesInFile)
{
Debug.Log(line);
}
}

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Also how do I add quote to my code ?

 

How are your lines split currently in your text? Are they actually using the escape version with \n or is it you just hit enter at the end of each line and put it in a text file? (or somewhere else).

 

Yes, as you described.

 

add quotes with ` character

 

If you want to get one random line (even tho you dindn't ask) you can use the code below.

Code (CSharp):

1. private void GetRandomLine(string file) {
2.         var lines = file.Split('\n');
3.  
4.         var randomIndex = Random.Range(0, lines.Length);
5.  
6.         string Line = lines[randomIndex].ToString();
7.      
8.         print(Line);
9. }