Java String Split by Line split(String line)

Description

This method splits a single CSV line into junks of String .

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
line	is the line to be split.

Return

An array of is returned.

Declaration

protected static String[] split(String line) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**//w  w  w  . j av  a 2s . c om
     * This method splits a single CSV line into junks of {@link String}.
     * 
     * @param line
     *            is the line to be split.
     * @return An array of {@link String} is returned.
     */
    protected static String[] split(String line) {
        List<String> results = new ArrayList<>();
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(line);
        while (buffer.length() > 0) {
            if (buffer.indexOf("\"") == 0) {
                int endIndex = buffer.indexOf("\"", 1);
                String result = buffer.substring(1, endIndex);
                results.add(result);
                buffer.delete(0, endIndex + 2);
            } else {
                int index = buffer.indexOf(",");
                if (index < 0) {
                    results.add(buffer.toString());
                    buffer.delete(0, buffer.length());
                } else {
                    String result = buffer.substring(0, index);
                    results.add(result);
                    buffer.delete(0, index + 1);
                }
            }
        }
        return results.toArray(new String[results.size()]);
    }
}

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