string split based on char \

Got a bit of a mind freeze at the moment. I have the following syntax:-

        string[] repname = Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.ToString().Split('\');

and I get an error on the split character. Can anyone advise on how I can do the split using the \ character as the delimiter?

Cheers

From stackoverflow

• Use

  Split('\\')
  

  "\" is an escape character.

  anonym0use : cheers for that!

• \ is an excape character in C#.

  You need to do one of the following:

  Split('\\');
  

  or

  Split(@'\');
  

• Am I wrong, or would you need an additional \ before that one to escape it?

• Split takes a char[] as a parameter, not a char. Try;

  string[] repname = Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.ToString().Split(new char[] {'\\'});
  

  Stu Mackellar : Why the downvote? The non-escaped character is only part of the story, there is no overload of String.Split that takes a single char.

•  string[] repname = Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.ToString().Split(new string[]{"\\"}, StringSplitOptions.None);