Lucene.Net.Analysis.Synonym.SolrSynonymParser.Split C# (CSharp) Method

        private static string[] Split(string s, string separator)
        {
            List<string> list = new List<string>(2);
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            int pos = 0, end = s.Length;
            while (pos < end)
            {
                //if (s.StartsWith(separator, pos))
                if (s.Substring(pos).StartsWith(separator))
                {
                    if (sb.Length > 0)
                    {
                        list.Add(sb.ToString());
                        sb = new StringBuilder();
                    }
                    pos += separator.Length;
                    continue;
                }

                char ch = s[pos++];
                if (ch == '\\')
                {
                    sb.Append(ch);
                    if (pos >= end) // ERROR, or let it go?
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                    ch = s[pos++];
                }

                sb.Append(ch);
            }

            if (sb.Length > 0)
            {
                list.Add(sb.ToString());
            }

            return list.ToArray();
        }