Java tutorial
import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { CharSequence inputStr = "a\r\rb"; // Mac //inputStr = "a\r\n\r\nb"; // Windows //inputStr = "a\n\nb"; // Unix String patternStr = "(?<=(\r\n|\r|\n))([ \\t]*$)+"; String[] paras = Pattern.compile(patternStr, Pattern.MULTILINE).split(inputStr); for (int i = 0; i < paras.length; i++) { String paragraph = paras[i]; } } }