Delphi (2006): how to Split by new line and break at the same time

Question

I have this simple operation in Java, where the string is split by new line and break.

String i= "Holidays 
    
           Great. 
           Bye";
String []linesArray = i.split("\\r?\\n");

I would like to obtain the same result in Delphi 2006.

Is it valid to use the following steps?

charArray[0] := '\\r';
charArray[1] := '\\n';

strArray     := strA.Split(charArray);

Answer 1

I interpret your request like this: "Split a string at both CR and LF." which implies that CR+LF gives an empty string element. For instance, 'alpha'#13'beta'#10'gamma'#13#10'delta' yields the five elements 'alpha', 'beta', 'gamma', '', and 'delta'.

If so, and if you are using a non-ancient version of Delphi, this is really simple:

var S := 'alpha'#13'beta'#10'gamma'#13#10'delta';

var Parts := S.Split([#13, #10]);
for var Part in Parts do
  ShowMessage(Part);

For old Delphi versions

The code above requires TStringHelper (crucially) and also makes use of inline variable declarations, for in loops, and generics.

For old Delphi versions, you can do it manually:

type
  TStringArray = array of string;

function Split(const S: string): TStringArray;
var
  Count: Integer;
const
  Delta = 512;

  procedure Add(const Part: string);
  begin
    if Length(Result) = Count then
      SetLength(Result, Length(Result) + Delta);
    Result[Count] := Part;
    Inc(Count);
  end;

var
  p, i: Integer;

begin

  Result := nil;
  Count := 0;

  p := 0; // previous delim
  for i := 1 to Length(S) do
    if S[i] in [#13, #10] then
    begin
      Add(Copy(S, Succ(p), i - p - 1));
      p := i;
    end;

  Add(Copy(S, Succ(p)));

  SetLength(Result, Count);

end;

procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var
  S: string;
  Parts: TStringArray;
  i: Integer;
begin

  S := 'alpha'#13'beta'#10'gamma'#13#10'delta';

  Parts := Split(S);
  for i := 0 to High(Parts) do
    ShowMessage(Parts[i]);

end;