How to split a string of words into 3-word lines of text in VB.NET

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Imports System
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Collections.Generic

Public Class program
    Public Shared Function SplitStringIntoThreeWordLines(ByVal str As String) As List(Of String)
        Dim words As String() = str.Split(" ")
        Dim threeWordLines As List(Of String) = New List(Of String)()
        Dim length As Integer = words.Length

        For i As Integer = 0 To length - 1 Step 3
            Dim oneLine As StringBuilder = New StringBuilder()

            For j As Integer = i To Math.Min(i + 3, length) - 1
                oneLine.Append(words(j)).Append(" ")
            Next

            threeWordLines.Add(oneLine.ToString().Trim())
        Next

        Return threeWordLines
    End Function

    Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
        Dim str As String = "java c c++ python rust vb php typescript"
        Dim threeWordLines As List(Of String) = SplitStringIntoThreeWordLines(str)

        For Each line As String In threeWordLines
            Console.WriteLine(line)
        Next
    End Sub
End Class



' run:
'
' java c c++
' python rust vb
' php typescript
'

 



answered May 11, 2024 by avibootz

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