using System;

using System.Linq;

Console.WriteLine("Hello World");

​

string text = string.Format(@"

First paragraph.

Second paragraph.

{0}The third.

{0} {0} {0}

{0}The fourth.

​

The fifth.

", "\t");

​

var par = text.Split(new string[] { Environment.NewLine, "\t", "\n" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)

              .Where(x => x.Trim() != "")

              .ToList();

​

Console.WriteLine(par.Count);

​

foreach (var p in par)

{

    Console.WriteLine("'" + p + "'");

}

​