Map multiline string to array of anonymous objects using linq

map_stringlines_to_anon.cs

var structure = @"

Alias      Document name   Parent
---------------------------------
root       Root DocType    -1
textType   Text DocType    0

";

var mapped = Regex.Split(structure, @"\r\n", RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace)      /* split string into lines */
	.Skip(3)                                                                            /* skip headers */
	.Select(line => Regex.Split(line, @"\s{2,}", RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace)) /* split by more than one space */
	.Where(cols=>cols.Length==3)                                                        /* only care about lines with lines with 3 cols */
	
	.Select(cols => 
		new {                                                                           /* create anonymous objects */
			alias = cols[0], 
			name = cols[1], 
			parentId = Int32.Parse( cols[2] ) 
		});

map_with_arrays.cs

var objs2 = new []{ 

	new []{ "root", "Root DocType",	"-1"},
	new []{ "textType", "Text DocType",	"0"}}
	
	.Select (t => new {
		alias=(string)t[0], 
		name=(string)t[1], 
		parent=Int32.Parse(t[2])});
	
	objs2.Dump();