Java String Split by Delimiter stringSplitter(String inStr, String delimiterStr)

Description

string Splitter

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String[] stringSplitter(String inStr, String delimiterStr) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class Main {
    public static String[] stringSplitter(String inStr, String delimiterStr) {
        ArrayList<String> stringVector = new ArrayList<String>();
        String beforeStr;//from   w  w w.j  av  a2 s .c o  m
        while ((beforeStr = stringBefore(inStr, delimiterStr)) != null) {
            stringVector.add(beforeStr);
            inStr = stringAfter(inStr, delimiterStr);
        }
        stringVector.add(inStr);

        return stringVector.toArray(new String[] {});
    }

    public static String stringBefore(String inStr, String delimiterStr) {
        int pos = inStr.indexOf(delimiterStr);
        if (pos == -1)
            return null;
        else
            return inStr.substring(0, pos);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the string before a delimiter string.
     *
     * @param inStr input string
     * @param delimiterStr delimiter
     * @param nr 'f' for first, 'l' for last
     * @return string before a delimiter string
     */
    public static String stringBefore(String inStr, String delimiterStr, char nr) {
        if (nr == 'f') {
            return stringBefore(inStr, delimiterStr);
        } else {
            int pos = inStr.lastIndexOf(delimiterStr);
            if (pos == -1)
                return null;
            else
                return inStr.substring(0, pos);
        }
    }

    public static String stringAfter(String inStr, String delimiterStr) {
        int pos = inStr.indexOf(delimiterStr);
        if (pos == -1)
            return null;
        else
            return inStr.substring(pos + delimiterStr.length(), inStr.length());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the string after a delimiter string.
     *
     * @param inStr input string
     * @param delimiterStr delimiter
     * @param nr 'f' for first, 'l' for last
     * @return string after a delimiter string
     */
    public static String stringAfter(String inStr, String delimiterStr, char nr) {
        if (nr == 'f') {
            return stringAfter(inStr, delimiterStr);
        } else {
            int pos = inStr.lastIndexOf(delimiterStr);
            if (pos == -1)
                return null;
            else
                return inStr.substring(pos + delimiterStr.length(), inStr.length());
        }
    }
}

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