//: strings/Splitting.java 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!] *///:~