Java之split result array 长度问题

      今天遇到一个BUG，给定数据"a,b,c,d,e“,用"a,b,c,d,e“.split(",")函数生成的数组长度是5。但是，如果给定的数组是“a,b,c,d,”，这种格式，情况就不一样了，我之前一直认为"a,b,c,d,“.split(",")的数组长度是5，但是事实上，长度是4。

 

参考代码片段：

 

String a = "a,b,c,d,";
String b = "a,b,c,d,e";
System.out.println(a.split(",").length);
System.out.println(b.split(",").length);

 

于是查看String.split的源代码：

public String[] split(String regex) {
    return split(regex, 0);
}

 

找到方法说明里面有这么一段：

写道

Splits this string around matches of the given regular expression.

This method works as if by invoking the two-argument split method with the given expression and a limit argument of zero. Trailing empty strings are therefore not included in the resulting array.

  

标记红色的这句话告诉我，在末尾的空字符串不会被包含在结果数组。现在应该很清楚了，可能是我愚笨了，理解错误了，在此标记一下。

 

那么如果遇到“a,b,c,d,”这种数据，想要让返回的数组包含最后的空字符串，即数组长度是5，有没有办法呢？

接着查看JDK的源码，找到split的重载方法：

 

 public String[] split(String regex, int limit) {
	return Pattern.compile(regex).split(this, limit);
    }

 

这个方法说明中有一段话：

 写道

The limit parameter controls the number of times the pattern is applied and therefore affects the length of the resulting array. If the limit n is greater than zero then the pattern will be applied at most n - 1 times, the array's length will be no greater than n, and the array's last entry will contain all input beyond the last matched delimiter. If n is non-positive then the pattern will be applied as many times as possible and the array can have any length. If n is zero then the pattern will be applied as many times as possible, the array can have any length, and trailing empty strings will be discarded.

 这段话告诉我有两种方式可以实现我的需求:

“a,b,c,d,”.split(",",-1);

“a,b,c,d,”.split(",",5);

 limit要么是负数，要么大于等于result array的长度。