Java String Split Example

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Java String split example.

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This Java String split example describes how Java String is split into multiple

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Java String objects.

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public class JavaStringSplitExample{

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  public static void main(String args[]){

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  /*

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  Java String class defines following methods to split Java String object.

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  String[] split( String regularExpression )

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  Splits the string according to given regular expression.

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  String[] split( String reularExpression, int limit )

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  Splits the string according to given regular expression. The number of resultant 

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  substrings by splitting the string is controlled by limit argument.

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  */

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  /* String to split. */

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  String str = "one-two-three";

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  String[] temp;

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  /* delimiter */

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  String delimiter = "-";

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  /* given string will be split by the argument delimiter provided. */

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  temp = str.split(delimiter);

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  /* print substrings */

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  for(int i =0; i < temp.length ; i++)

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    System.out.println(temp[i]);

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  /*

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  IMPORTANT : Some special characters need to be escaped while providing them as 

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  delimiters like "." and "|".

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  System.out.println("");

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  str = "one.two.three";

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  delimiter = "\\.";

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  temp = str.split(delimiter);

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  for(int i =0; i < temp.length ; i++)

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    System.out.println(temp[i]);

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  /*

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  Using second argument in the String.split() method, we can control the maximum 

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  number of substrings generated by splitting a string.

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  System.out.println("");

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  temp = str.split(delimiter,2);

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  for(int i =0; i < temp.length ; i++)

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    System.out.println(temp[i]);

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  }

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}

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/*

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OUTPUT of the above given Java String split Example would be :

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one

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two

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three

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one

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two

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three

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one

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two.three

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*/