Java String Split by Char split(final String string, final char... toSplit)

Description

Splits some string given many chars

License

Common Public License

Declaration

public static List<String> split(final String string, final char... toSplit) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from www.ja v a  2 s .  c o  m
 * @author Fabio Zadrozny
 * Created: June 2005
 * License: Common Public License v1.0
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Splits some string given many chars
     */
    public static List<String> split(final String string, final char... toSplit) {
        final ArrayList<String> ret = new ArrayList<String>();
        final int len = string.length();

        int last = 0;

        char c = 0;

        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            c = string.charAt(i);

            if (contains(c, toSplit)) {
                if (last != i) {
                    ret.add(string.substring(last, i));
                }
                while (contains(c, toSplit) && i < len - 1) {
                    i++;
                    c = string.charAt(i);
                }
                last = i;
            }
        }
        if (!contains(c, toSplit)) {
            if (last == 0 && len > 0) {
                ret.add(string); // it is equal to the original (no dots)

            } else if (last < len) {
                ret.add(string.substring(last, len));

            }
        }
        return ret;
    }

    private static boolean contains(final char c, final char[] toSplit) {
        for (final char ch : toSplit) {
            if (c == ch) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
}

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