title: Split a string in VB.NET by ("||"), when the string have | that need to go too
body: <p>I have a string that need a clean,</p>
  
  <p>the way the program do it is by take the phrases that need to be removed, split them, and replace each with " ".</p>
  
  <p>the phrases split char is ("||") <code>LocationStopPhrases.Split(CChar("||"))</code>, and i cant change that for now.</p>
  
  <p>the problem is that i have the phrase <code>|  CO-Lakewood</code> that need to be removed, so the split brake it to array like this: <code>["", "CO-Lakewood"]</code>.</p>
  
  <p>is there a way (like escape in regex) so the single pipe will be in the array, so it will look like this: <code>["|", "CO-Lakewood"]</code>?</p>
  
  <p>just to be clear, i cant change the code, i can only set the phrase.</p>