Java String Split by Separator split(final String s, final char separator)

Description

Splits a String at character separator and trims spaces if present.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	incoming string
separator	separator character

Return

an array of tokens found

Declaration

public static String[] split(final String s, final char separator) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/* Copyright 2002 Health Level Seven, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This software is the proprietary information of Health Level Seven, Inc.
 * Use is subject to license terms.// ww w . j a  v  a 2 s.com
 */

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Splits a String at character <code>separator</code> and trims spaces
     * if present.
     *
     * @param s  incoming string
     * @param separator  separator character
     * @return  an array of tokens found
     */
    public static String[] split(final String s, final char separator) {
        if (s == null)
            return null;

        final List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
        int j = -1;
        for (int i = s.indexOf(separator); i != -1; j = i, i = s.indexOf(separator, i + 1)) {
            result.add(s.substring(j + 1, i).trim());
        }
        result.add(s.substring(j + 1).trim());

        return result.toArray(new String[result.size()]);
    }
}

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