Java String Split by Delimiter splitOnEntireString(String target, String delimiter)

Description

Break a string into pieces based on matching the full delimiter string in the text.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
target	The text to break up.
delimiter	The sub-string which is used to break the target.

Return

List of String from the target.

Declaration

public static List splitOnEntireString(String target, String delimiter) 

Method Source Code

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import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Break a string into pieces based on matching the full delimiter string in the text. The delimiter is not included in the
     * returned strings.
     * 
     * @param target The text to break up.
     * @param delimiter The sub-string which is used to break the target.
     * @return List of String from the target.
     */
    public static List splitOnEntireString(String target, String delimiter) {
        ArrayList result = new ArrayList();
        if (delimiter.length() > 0) {
            int index = 0;
            int indexOfNextMatch = target.indexOf(delimiter);
            while (indexOfNextMatch > -1) {
                result.add(target.substring(index, indexOfNextMatch));
                index = indexOfNextMatch + delimiter.length();
                indexOfNextMatch = target.indexOf(delimiter, index);
            }
            if (index <= target.length()) {
                result.add(target.substring(index));
            }
        } else {
            result.add(target);
        }
        return result;
    }
}

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