Java String Split by Length splitString(String string, int maxCharsPerLine)

Description

Splits a string into multiple lines, each with at most maxChars characters.

License

BSD License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string	a parameter
maxCharsPerLine	a parameter

Return

a List of Strings representing the lines.

Declaration

public static List<String> splitString(String string, int maxCharsPerLine) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from  w  w w  .  jav  a2s.  c  o  m*/
 * Manipulate and analyze Strings.
 * 
 * <p>
 * <span class="BSDLicense"> This software is distributed under the <a
 * href="http://hci.stanford.edu/research/copyright.txt">BSD License</a>. </span>
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author <a href="http://graphics.stanford.edu/~ronyeh">Ron B Yeh</a> (ronyeh(AT)cs.stanford.edu)
 */

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Splits a string into multiple lines, each with at most maxChars characters. We will try our best to
     * split after spaces.
     * 
     * @param string
     * @param maxCharsPerLine
     * @return a List of Strings representing the lines.
     */
    public static List<String> splitString(String string, int maxCharsPerLine) {
        final List<String> lines = new ArrayList<String>();
        final String[] items = string.split(" ");
        final StringBuilder currString = new StringBuilder();
        for (String item : items) {
            if (currString.length() + item.length() > maxCharsPerLine) {
                lines.add(currString.toString());
                currString.setLength(0); // clear buffer
            }
            currString.append(item + " ");
        }
        lines.add(currString.toString());
        return lines;
    }
}

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7. splitStringByLength(String input, int length)
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9. splitWorker(final String str, final String separatorChars, final int max, final boolean preserveAllTokens)