java split limit_java split(String regex, int limit) 的使用

项目中遇到了这样一个问题，对 String str = ",," 调用 split(",")方法，预期结果是返回一个长度为 3 的String数组，且每一个元素都为空字符串 ""。但实际结果返还的是一个空数组，长度为 0 。

百度之，原来java中还有 split(String regex, int limit)这中用法，String[] java.lang.String.split(String regex, int limit)，其中regex为分割正则表达式，limit为分割次数限制，官方文档这样解释：

1. 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.

当 limit  > 0的时候，str将被分割 limit - 1次：

1 String str = ",,,,";2 String [] strLst = str.split(",", 2);3 System.out.println(strLst.length);4

5 for(String e : strLst) {6 System.out.println(e);7 }

输出为：

2,,,

2. If n is non-positive then the pattern will be applied as many times as possible and the array can have any length.

当 limit < 0 的时候，str将被尽可能多的分割：

1

2 String str = ",,,,";3 String [] strLst = str.split(",", -1);4 System.out.println(strLst.length);5

6 for(String e : strLst) {7 System.out.println(e);8 }

输出为：

5

3.  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

当 limt = 0 的时候，str被尽可能多的分割，但是尾部的空字符串会被抛弃：

1 String str = ",,,,";2 String [] strLst = str.split(",", 0);3 System.out.println(strLst.length);4 for(String e : strLst) {5 System.out.println(e);6 }7

8 str = "a,b,,,";9 strLst = str.split(",", 0);10 System.out.println(strLst.length);11 for(String e : strLst) {12 System.out.println(e);13 }

输出为：

0

2a

b

对于 没有 limit 参数的 split函数， 官方解释如下：

This method works as if by invoking the two-argument

也就是等价于 limt = 0 的情况，尾部的空字符串被舍弃掉：

1 String str = "a,b,,,";2 String [] strLst = str.split(",");3 System.out.println(strLst.length);4 for(String e : strLst) {5 System.out.println(e);6 }

输出为：

2a

b