Java String split example.

1. /*
2. Java String split example.
3. This Java String split example describes how Java String is split into multiple
4. Java String objects.
5. */
6.  
7. public class JavaStringSplitExample{
8.  
9. public static void main(String args[]){
10. /*
11.   Java String class defines following methods to split Java String object.
12.   String[] split( String regularExpression )
13.   Splits the string according to given regular expression.
14.   String[] split( String reularExpression, int limit )
15.   Splits the string according to given regular expression. The number of resultant
16.   substrings by splitting the string is controlled by limit argument.
17.   */
18.  
19. /* String to split. */
20. String str = "one-two-three";
21. String[] temp;
22.  
23. /* delimiter */
24. String delimiter = "-";
25. /* given string will be split by the argument delimiter provided. */
26. temp = str.split(delimiter);
27. /* print substrings */
28. for(int i =0; i < temp.length ; i++)
29. System.out.println(temp[i]);
30.  
31. /*
32.   IMPORTANT : Some special characters need to be escaped while providing them as
33.   delimiters like "." and "|".
34.   */
35.  
36. System.out.println("");
37. str = "one.two.three";
38. delimiter = "\\.";
39. temp = str.split(delimiter);
40. for(int i =0; i < temp.length ; i++)
41. System.out.println(temp[i]);
42.  
43. /*
44.   Using second argument in the String.split() method, we can control the maximum
45.   number of substrings generated by splitting a string.
46.   */
47.  
48. System.out.println("");
49. temp = str.split(delimiter,2);
50. for(int i =0; i < temp.length ; i++)
51. System.out.println(temp[i]);
52.  
53. }
54.  
55. }
56.  
57. /*
58. OUTPUT of the above given Java String split Example would be :
59. one
60. two
61. three
62. one
63. two
64. three
65. one
66. two.three
67. */