c# - StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries equivalent for TextFieldParser -

i learn textfieldparser parse words use string.split so. , have question regarding newly learned class.

if parse message using string.split stringsplitoptions.removeemptyentries

string message = "create    myclass   \"56, 'for better or worse'\""; //have multiple spaces string[] words = message.split(new char[] { ' ' }, 3, stringsplitoptions.removeemptyentries); 

then words contain 3 elements this:

[0] create [1] myclass [2] "56, 'for better or worse'" 

but if textfieldparser

string str = "create    myclass   \"56, 'for better or worse'\""; var parser = new microsoft.visualbasic.fileio.textfieldparser(new stringreader(str)); //treat string i/o parser.delimiters = new string[] { " " }; parser.hasfieldsenclosedinquotes = true;  string[] words2 = parser.readfields(); 

then return consists of words without text

[0] create [1] [2] [3] [4] myclass [5] [6] [7] "56, 'for better or worse'" 

now there equivalent way remove empty words in resulting array string.split stringsplitoptions.removeemptyentries does?

may trick

parser.hasfieldsenclosedinquotes = true; string[] words2 = parser.readfields(); words2 = words2.where(x => !string.isnullorempty(x)).toarray(); 

one liner alternative be

string[] words2 = parser.readfields().where(x => !string.isnullorempty(x)).toarray();