Java tutorial
import javax.swing.JTextArea; import javax.swing.text.Element; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea("word1 word2\nword3\nword4"); Element paragraph = textArea.getDocument().getDefaultRootElement(); int contentCount = paragraph.getElementCount(); for (int i = 0; i < contentCount; i++) { Element e = paragraph.getElement(i); int rangeStart = e.getStartOffset(); int rangeEnd = e.getEndOffset(); String line = textArea.getText(rangeStart, rangeEnd - rangeStart); System.out.println(line); } } }