Java String Split by Delimiter split(String s, char delimiter)

Description

Simple split method that preserves empty-string tokens.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static List<String> split(String s, char delimiter) 

Method Source Code

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import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Simple split method that preserves empty-string tokens. Java's split
     * method strips out empty tokens.
     */
    public static List<String> split(String s, char delimiter) {
        List<String> tokens = new ArrayList<String>();
        for (int start = 0, index = 0;; start = index + 1) {
            index = s.indexOf(delimiter, start);
            if (index != -1) {
                tokens.add(s.substring(start, index));
            } else {
                tokens.add(s.substring(start));
                break;
            }
        }
        return tokens;
    }
}

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