Here’s how to create a List<string> from a Delimited string using the Enumerable.ToList method

C#

static void Main(string[] args){    IEnumerable<string> lstNew = null;    
string s = "jQuery MooTools Prototype";    
char separator = ' ';
lstNew = s.Split(separator).ToList();
PrintList(lstNew);    Console.ReadLine();}

static void PrintList(IEnumerable<string> str){
foreach (var s in str)        
Console.WriteLine(s);
Console.WriteLine("-------------");}

VB.NET

Sub Main()    Dim lstNew As IEnumerable(Of String) = Nothing
Dim s As String = "jQuery MooTools Prototype"    
Dim separator As Char = " "c
lstNew = s.Split(separator).ToList()
PrintList(lstNew)
Console.ReadLine()End Sub

Shared Sub PrintList(ByVal str As IEnumerable(Of String))
For Each s In str        Console.WriteLine(s)
Next s
Console.WriteLine("-------------")End Sub