Java String Split by Quote split(String str, char chrSplit, char chrQuote)

Description

split divides a string into many strings based on a delimiter The main difference between this split and the one that comes with Java is this one will ignore delimiters that are within quoted fields

NOTE: Delimiter will be ignored once chrQuote is encountered.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
str	The string you want to split
chrSplit	character you want to split the string on
chrQuote	character you want to be considered to be your quoting character

Return

String array containing results of splitting the supplied String

Declaration

public static String[] split(String str, char chrSplit, char chrQuote)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * <code>split</code> divides a string into many strings based on a delimiter
     * The main difference between this split and the one that comes with Java is
     * this one will ignore delimiters that are within quoted fields
     * <p>
     * <b>NOTE:</b> Delimiter will be ignored once chrQuote is encountered.
     * Consideration will begin once matching chrQuote is encountered
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param str
     *          The string you want to split
     * @param chrSplit
     *          character you want to split the string on
     * @param chrQuote
     *          character you want to be considered to be your quoting character
     * @return String array containing results of splitting the supplied String
     */
    public static String[] split(String str, char chrSplit, char chrQuote) {
        List<String> tokens = new ArrayList<String>();
        String str1 = new String();
        boolean inQuote = false;

        for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {
            if (str.charAt(i) == chrSplit && !inQuote) {
                tokens.add(str1);
                str1 = new String();
            } else if (str.charAt(i) == chrQuote) {
                inQuote = (!inQuote);
            } else {
                str1 += str.charAt(i);
            }
        }

        tokens.add(str1);

        return tokens.toArray(new String[0]);
    }
}