Split a string using String.split()

The String class has a split() method, that will return a String array.

Example 1:

public class StringSplit {

public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception{

new StringSplit().doit();

}

public void doit() {

String s3 = “Real-How-To”;

String [] temp = null;

temp = s3.split(“-”);

dump(temp);

}

public void dump(String []s) {

System.out.println(“————”);

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

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

}

System.out.println(“————”);

}

}

/*

output :

————

Real

How

To

————

*/

split() is based on regex expression, a special attention is needed with some characters which have a special meaning in a regex expression.

For example :

String s3 = “Real.How.To”;
…
temp = s3.split(“\\.”);

or

String s3 = “Real|How|To”;
…
temp = s3.split(“\\|”);

The special character needs to be escaped with a “\” but since “\” is also a special character in Java, you need to escape it again with another “\” !