Java Data Type Tutorial - Java String.split(String regex, int limit)

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Syntax

String.split(String regex, int limit) has the following syntax.

public String [] split(String regex,  int limit)

Example

In the following code shows how to use String.split(String regex, int limit) method.

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public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
  
    String str = "test from java2s.com";
    String delimiters = "\\s+|,\\s*|\\.\\s*";

    String[] tokensVal = str.split(delimiters);

    System.out.println("Count of tokens = " + tokensVal.length);
    
    for(String token : tokensVal) {
      System.out.println(token);
    } 
    
    tokensVal = str.split(delimiters, 3);

    System.out.println("\nCount of tokens = " + tokensVal.length);
    
    for(String token : tokensVal) {
      System.out.println(token);
    }    
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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