using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; using System.Linq; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Test { public static void Main() { var pattern = @"(\s+[~-]\s+)"; var text = "{ Items.Test1 } ~ { Items.test2 } - { Items.Test3 }"; var result = Regex.Split(text, pattern); //var result = Regex.Split(text, pattern).Where(x => !String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(x)).ToList(); foreach (var s in result) Console.WriteLine(s); } }