String Split Example

*

• Java String split example.
  This Java String split example describes how Java String is split into multiple
  Java String objects.
  */
  
  
  public class JavaStringSplitExample{
  
  
    public static void main(String args[]){
    /*
    Java String class defines following methods to split Java String object.
    String[] split( String regularExpression )
    Splits the string according to given regular expression.
    String[] split( String reularExpression, int limit )
    Splits the string according to given regular expression. The number of resultant
    substrings by splitting the string is controlled by limit argument.
    */
    /* String to split. */
    String str = “one-two-three”;
    String[] temp;
  
  
    /* delimiter */
    String delimiter = “-“;
    /* given string will be split by the argument delimiter provided. */
    temp = str.split(delimiter);
    /* print substrings */
    for(int i =0; i < temp.length ; i++)
      System.out.println(temp[i]);
  
  
    /*
    IMPORTANT : Some special characters need to be escaped while providing them as
    delimiters like “.” and “|”.
    */
  
  
    System.out.println(“”);
    str = “one.two.three”;
    delimiter = “\\.”;
    temp = str.split(delimiter);
    for(int i =0; i < temp.length ; i++)
      System.out.println(temp[i]);
  
  
    /*
    Using second argument in the String.split() method, we can control the maximum
    number of substrings generated by splitting a string.
    */
    System.out.println(“”);
    temp = str.split(delimiter,2);
    for(int i =0; i < temp.length ; i++)
      System.out.println(temp[i]);
  
  
    }
  
  
  }
  
  
  /*
  OUTPUT of the above given Java String split Example would be :
  one
  two
  three
  one
  two
  three
  one
  two.three
  */