Public Class StringSplit2
  
   Public Shared Sub Main()
     
      Dim delimStr As String = " ,.:"
      Dim delimiter As Char() = delimStr.ToCharArray()
      Dim words As String = "one two,three:four."
      Dim split As String() = Nothing
     
      Console.WriteLine("The delimiters are -{0}-", delimStr)
      Dim x As Integer
      For x = 1 To 5
         split = words.Split(delimiter, x)
         Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "count = {0,2} ..............", x)
         Dim s As String
         For Each s In  split
            Console.WriteLine("-{0}-", s)
         Next s
      Next x
   End Sub 'Main
End Class 'StringSplit2

[C#]
using System;

public class StringSplit2 {
    public static void Main() {

        string delimStr = " ,.:";
    char [] delimiter = delimStr.ToCharArray();
        string words = "one two,three:four.";
        string [] split = null;

    Console.WriteLine("The delimiters are -{0}-", delimStr);
    for (int x = 1; x <= 5; x++) {
        split = words.Split(delimiter, x);
            Console.WriteLine("\ncount = {0,2} ..............", x);
        foreach (string s in split) {
                Console.WriteLine("-{0}-", s);
              }
    }
    }
}