Public Function Split ( _
    ParamArray separator As Char() _
) As String()

Dim instance As String
Dim separator As Char()
Dim returnValue As String()

returnValue = instance.Split(separator)

public string[] Split (
    params char[] separator
)

public:
array<String^>^ Split (
    ... array<wchar_t>^ separator
)

public String[] Split (
    char[] separator
)

public function Split (
    ... separator : char[]
) : String[]

Imports System

Public Class SplitTest
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim words As String = "this is a list of words, with: a bit of punctuation."
        Dim split As String() = words.Split(New [Char]() {" "c, ","c, "."c, ":"c})
                
        Dim s As String
        For Each s In  split
            If s.Trim() <> "" Then
                
                Console.WriteLine(s)
            End If
        Next s
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'SplitTest

using System;

public class SplitTest {
    public static void Main() {

        string words = "this is a list of words, with: a bit of punctuation.";

        string [] split = words.Split(new Char [] {' ', ',', '.', ':'});

        foreach (string s in split) {

            if (s.Trim() != "")
                Console.WriteLine(s);
        }
    }
}

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;
int main()
{
   String^ words = "this is a list of words, with: a bit of punctuation.";
   array<Char>^chars = {' ',',','->',':'};
   array<String^>^split = words->Split( chars );
   IEnumerator^ myEnum = split->GetEnumerator();
   while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
   {
      String^ s = safe_cast<String^>(myEnum->Current);
      if (  !s->Trim()->Equals( "" ) )
            Console::WriteLine( s );
   }
}

import System.*;

public class SplitTest
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        String words = "this is a list of words, with: a bit of punctuation.";
        String split[] = words.Split(new char[] { ' ', ',', '.', ':' });

        for (int iCtr = 0; iCtr < split.get_Length(); iCtr++) {
            String s = (String)split.get_Item(iCtr);
            if (!(s.Trim().Equals(""))) {
                Console.WriteLine(s);
            }
        }
    } //main
} //SplitTest

import System;

public class SplitTest {
    public static function Main() : void  {

        var words : String = "this is a list of words, with: a bit of punctuation.";
        var separators : char[] = [' ', ',', '.', ':'];
        var split : String [] = words.Split(separators);

        for (var i : int in split) {
            var s : String = split[i];
            if (s.Trim() != "")
                Console.WriteLine(s);
        }
    }
}
SplitTest.Main();