OnJava8-Examples/strings/Splitting.java

// strings/Splitting.java
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import java.util.*;

public class Splitting {
  public static String knights =
    "Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must " +
    "cut down the mightiest tree in the forest... " +
    "with... a herring!";
  public static void split(String regex) {
    System.out.println(
      Arrays.toString(knights.split(regex)));
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    split(" "); // Doesn't have to contain regex chars
    split("\\W+"); // Non-word characters
    split("n\\W+"); // 'n' followed by non-word characters
  }
}
/* Output:
[Then,, when, you, have, found, the, shrubbery,, you, must,
cut, down, the, mightiest, tree, in, the, forest...,
with..., a, herring!]
[Then, when, you, have, found, the, shrubbery, you, must,
cut, down, the, mightiest, tree, in, the, forest, with, a,
herring]
[The, whe, you have found the shrubbery, you must cut dow,
the mightiest tree i, the forest... with... a herring!]
*/