Imports System
Public Class Program
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim str As String = "Echo==Cora==Katniss...Xavier...Spock"
Dim array As String() = {"==", "..."}
Dim words As String() = str.Split(array, System.StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
For Each word As String In words
Console.WriteLine(word)
Next
End Sub
End Class
' run:
'
' Echo
' Cora
' Katniss
' Xavier
' Spock
'