The string split() method breaks a given string around matches of the given regular expression. After splitting against the given regular expression, this method returns a string array.
Input String: 016-78967
Regular Expression: -
Output : {"016", "78967"}
Following are the two variants of the split() method in Java:
1. Public String [] split ( String regex, int limit)
Parameters
- regex – a delimiting regular expression
- Limit – the resulting threshold
Returns
An array of strings is computed by splitting the given string.
Exception Thrown
PatternSyntaxException – if the provided regular expression’s syntax is invalid.
The limit parameter can have 3 values
- limit > 0 – If this is the case, then the pattern will be applied at most limit-1 times, the resulting array’s length will not be more than n, and the resulting array’s last entry will contain all input beyond the last matched pattern.
- limit < 0 – In this case, the pattern will be applied as many times as possible, and the resulting array can be of any size.
- limit = 0 – In this case, the pattern will be applied as many times as possible, the resulting array can be of any size, and trailing empty strings will be discarded.
Here’s how it works:
Let the string that is to be split is – geekss@for@geekss
| Regex |
Limit |
Result |
| @ |
2 |
{“geekss”, ”for@geekss”} |
| @ |
5 |
{“geekss”, ”for”, ”geekss”} |
| @ |
-2 |
{“geekss”, ”for”, ”geekss”} |
| s |
5 |
{“geek”, ”“, “@for@geek”, “”, “”} |
| s |
-2 |
{“geek”, ” “, ” “, “@for@geek”, “”, “”} |
| s |
0 |
{“geek”, ””, ”@for@geek”} |
Following are the Java example codes to demonstrate the working of split()
Example 1:
Java
public class GFG {
public static void main(String args[])
{
String str = "geekss@for@geekss";
String[] arrOfStr = str.split("@", 2);
for (String a : arrOfStr)
System.out.println(a);
}
}
|
Example 2:
Java
public class GFG {
public static void main(String args[])
{
String str = "geekss@for@geekss";
String[] arrOfStr = str.split("@", 5);
for (String a : arrOfStr)
System.out.println(a);
}
}
|
Example 3:
Java
public class GFG {
public static void main(String args[])
{
String str = "geekss@for@geekss";
String[] arrOfStr = str.split("@", -2);
for (String a : arrOfStr)
System.out.println(a);
}
}
|
Example 4:
Java
public class GFG {
public static void main(String args[])
{
String str = "geekss@for@geekss";
String[] arrOfStr = str.split("s", 5);
for (String a : arrOfStr)
System.out.println(a);
}
}
|
Example 5:
Java
public class GFG {
public static void main(String args[])
{
String str = "geekss@for@geekss";
String[] arrOfStr = str.split("s", -2);
for (String a : arrOfStr)
System.out.println(a);
}
}
|
Example 6:
Java
public class GFG {
public static void main(String args[])
{
String str = "geekss@for@geekss";
String[] arrOfStr = str.split("s", 0);
for (String a : arrOfStr)
System.out.println(a);
}
}
|
2. public String[] split(String regex)
This variant of the split method takes a regular expression as a parameter and breaks the given string around matches of this regular expression regex. Here, by default limit is 0.
Parameters
regex – a delimiting regular expression
Returns
An array of strings is computed by splitting the given string.
Exception Thrown
PatternSyntaxException – if the provided regular expression’s syntax is invalid.
Here are some working example codes:
Example 1:
Java
public class GFG {
public static void main(String args[])
{
String str
= "GeeksforGeeks:A Computer Science Portal";
String[] arrOfStr = str.split(":");
for (String a : arrOfStr)
System.out.println(a);
}
}
|
Output
GeeksforGeeks
A Computer Science Portal
Example 2:
Java
public class GFG {
public static void main(String args[])
{
String str = "GeeksforGeeksforStudents";
String[] arrOfStr = str.split("for");
for (String a : arrOfStr)
System.out.println(a);
}
}
|
Output
Geeks
Geeks
Students
It can be seen in the above example that the pattern/regular expression “for” is applied twice (because “for” is present two times in the string to be split)
Example 3:
Java
public class GFG {
public static void main(String args[])
{
String str = "Geeks for Geeks";
String[] arrOfStr = str.split(" ");
for (String a : arrOfStr)
System.out.println(a);
}
}
|
Example 4:
Java
public class GFG {
public static void main(String args[])
{
String str = "Geeks.for.Geeks";
String[] arrOfStr
= str.split("[.]");
for (String a : arrOfStr)
System.out.println(a);
}
}
|
Example 5:
Java
public class GFG {
public static void main(String args[])
{
String str = "Geekssss";
String[] arrOfStr = str.split("s");
for (String a : arrOfStr)
System.out.println(a);
}
}
|
In the above example, trailing empty strings are not included in the resulting array arrOfStr.
Example 6:
Java
public class GFG {
public static void main(String args[])
{
String str = "GeeksforforGeeksfor ";
String[] arrOfStr = str.split("for");
for (String a : arrOfStr)
System.out.println(a);
}
}
|
In the above example, the trailing spaces (hence not empty string) become a string in the resulting array arrOfStr.
Example 7:
Java
public class GFG {
public static void main(String args[])
{
String str = "word1, word2 word3@word4?word5.word6";
String[] arrOfStr = str.split("[, ?.@]+");
for (String a : arrOfStr)
System.out.println(a);
}
}
|
Output
word1
word2
word3
word4
word5
word6
In the above example, words are separated whenever either of the characters specified in the set is encountered.
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Last Updated :
22 May, 2023
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