diff --git a/libse/ContainerFormats/RiffParser.cs b/libse/ContainerFormats/RiffParser.cs
index bfd42667b..256a602b1 100644
--- a/libse/ContainerFormats/RiffParser.cs
+++ b/libse/ContainerFormats/RiffParser.cs
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.ContainerFormats
 
         public static string FromFourCC(int FourCC)
         {
-            char[] chars = new char[4];
+            var chars = new char[4];
             chars[0] = (char)(FourCC & 0xFF);
             chars[1] = (char)((FourCC >> 8) & 0xFF);
             chars[2] = (char)((FourCC >> 16) & 0xFF);
diff --git a/libse/Forms/RemoveTextForHISettings.cs b/libse/Forms/RemoveTextForHISettings.cs
index 2e11f92a3..f40846c2a 100644
--- a/libse/Forms/RemoveTextForHISettings.cs
+++ b/libse/Forms/RemoveTextForHISettings.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.Forms
             ColonSeparateLine = Configuration.Settings.RemoveTextForHearingImpaired.RemoveTextBeforeColonOnlyOnSeparateLine;
             RemoveWhereContains = Configuration.Settings.RemoveTextForHearingImpaired.RemoveIfContains;
             RemoveIfTextContains = new List<string>();
-            foreach (string item in Configuration.Settings.RemoveTextForHearingImpaired.RemoveIfContainsText.Split(new char[] { ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
+            foreach (string item in Configuration.Settings.RemoveTextForHearingImpaired.RemoveIfContainsText.Split(new[] { ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
             {
                 RemoveIfTextContains.Add(item.Trim());
             }
diff --git a/libse/SubtitleFormats/DCSubtitle.cs b/libse/SubtitleFormats/DCSubtitle.cs
index 6ace7be1c..404ac3921 100644
--- a/libse/SubtitleFormats/DCSubtitle.cs
+++ b/libse/SubtitleFormats/DCSubtitle.cs
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.SubtitleFormats
 
         private static TimeCode GetTimeCode(string s)
         {
-            string[] parts = s.Split(new char[] { ':', '.', ',' });
+            var parts = s.Split(new[] { ':', '.', ',' });
 
             int milliseconds = (int)(int.Parse(parts[3]) * 4); // 000 to 249
             if (s.Contains('.'))
diff --git a/libse/SubtitleFormats/DCinemaSmpte2007.cs b/libse/SubtitleFormats/DCinemaSmpte2007.cs
index bf1cd3af3..decc25ff8 100644
--- a/libse/SubtitleFormats/DCinemaSmpte2007.cs
+++ b/libse/SubtitleFormats/DCinemaSmpte2007.cs
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.SubtitleFormats
 
         private TimeCode GetTimeCode(string s)
         {
-            string[] parts = s.Split(new char[] { ':', '.', ',' });
+            var parts = s.Split(new[] { ':', '.', ',' });
 
             int milliseconds = (int)Math.Round(int.Parse(parts[3]) * (TimeCode.BaseUnit / _frameRate));
             if (milliseconds > 999)
diff --git a/libse/SubtitleFormats/DCinemaSmpte2010.cs b/libse/SubtitleFormats/DCinemaSmpte2010.cs
index b3dd59611..d78888462 100644
--- a/libse/SubtitleFormats/DCinemaSmpte2010.cs
+++ b/libse/SubtitleFormats/DCinemaSmpte2010.cs
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.SubtitleFormats
 
         private TimeCode GetTimeCode(string s)
         {
-            string[] parts = s.Split(new char[] { ':', '.', ',' });
+            var parts = s.Split(new[] { ':', '.', ',' });
 
             int milliseconds = (int)Math.Round(int.Parse(parts[3]) * (TimeCode.BaseUnit / _frameRate));
             if (milliseconds > 999)
diff --git a/libse/SubtitleFormats/FlashXml.cs b/libse/SubtitleFormats/FlashXml.cs
index a9cfb3258..8149c7cbe 100644
--- a/libse/SubtitleFormats/FlashXml.cs
+++ b/libse/SubtitleFormats/FlashXml.cs
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.SubtitleFormats
                 s = s.TrimEnd('s');
                 return TimeCode.FromSeconds(double.Parse(s));
             }
-            string[] parts = s.Split(new char[] { ':', '.', ',' });
+            var parts = s.Split(new[] { ':', '.', ',' });
             return new TimeCode(int.Parse(parts[0]), int.Parse(parts[1]), int.Parse(parts[2]), int.Parse(parts[3]));
         }
 
diff --git a/libse/SubtitleFormats/SeImageHtmlIndex.cs b/libse/SubtitleFormats/SeImageHtmlIndex.cs
index 38b58e0aa..09fb0319e 100644
--- a/libse/SubtitleFormats/SeImageHtmlIndex.cs
+++ b/libse/SubtitleFormats/SeImageHtmlIndex.cs
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.SubtitleFormats
                         {
                             var s = line.Replace("&gt;", ">").Substring(0, idx);
                             s = s.Remove(0, s.IndexOf(':') + 1);
-                            var arr = s.Split(new char[] { '-', '>' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+                            var arr = s.Split(new[] { '-', '>' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
                             var p = new Paragraph();
                             p.StartTime = DecodeTimeCode(arr[0]);
                             p.EndTime = DecodeTimeCode(arr[1]);
                             int start = line.IndexOf("<img src=") + 9;
                             int end = line.IndexOf(".png") + 4;
-                            p.Text = (line.Substring(start, end - start)).Trim(new char[] { '"', '\'' });
+                            p.Text = line.Substring(start, end - start).Trim(new[] { '"', '\'' });
 
                             subtitle.Paragraphs.Add(p);
                         }
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.SubtitleFormats
 
         private TimeCode DecodeTimeCode(string timeCode)
         {
-            var parts = timeCode.Split(new char[] { ':', '-', '>', ',', '.' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+            var parts = timeCode.Split(new[] { ':', '-', '>', ',', '.' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
             int milliseconds = int.Parse(parts[parts.Length - 1]);
             int seconds = int.Parse(parts[parts.Length - 2]);
             int minutes = 0;
diff --git a/src/Forms/Styles/SubStationAlphaStyles.cs b/src/Forms/Styles/SubStationAlphaStyles.cs
index 05da9c5b4..f01cb0980 100644
--- a/src/Forms/Styles/SubStationAlphaStyles.cs
+++ b/src/Forms/Styles/SubStationAlphaStyles.cs
@@ -821,8 +821,8 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms.Styles
             if (_isSubStationAlpha)
             {
                 var ssa = new SubStationAlpha();
-                string text = ssa.ToText(sub, string.Empty);
-                string[] lineArray = text.Split(new string[] { Environment.NewLine }, StringSplitOptions.None);
+                var text = ssa.ToText(sub, string.Empty);
+                var lineArray = text.Split(new[] { Environment.NewLine }, StringSplitOptions.None);
                 var lines = new List<string>();
                 foreach (string line in lineArray)
                     lines.Add(line);
@@ -832,8 +832,8 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms.Styles
             else
             {
                 var ass = new AdvancedSubStationAlpha();
-                string text = ass.ToText(sub, string.Empty);
-                string[] lineArray = text.Split(new string[] { Environment.NewLine }, StringSplitOptions.None);
+                var text = ass.ToText(sub, string.Empty);
+                var lineArray = text.Split(new[] { Environment.NewLine }, StringSplitOptions.None);
                 var lines = new List<string>();
                 foreach (string line in lineArray)
                     lines.Add(line);