Java String Split by Separator splitWithoutEscaped(String str, char separatorChar)

Description

split Without Escaped

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String[] splitWithoutEscaped(String str,
            char separatorChar) 

Method Source Code

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

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

public class Main {
    public static String[] splitWithoutEscaped(String str,
            char separatorChar) {
        return splitWithoutEscaped(str, separatorChar, false);
    }//from w ww. j  a  va 2 s. c om

    /**
     * does not take into account escaped separators
     */
    public static String[] splitWithoutEscaped(String str,
            char separatorChar, boolean retainEmpty) {
        int len = str.length();
        if (len == 0) {
            return new String[0];
        }
        List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
        int i = 0;
        int start = 0;
        boolean match = false;
        while (i < len) {
            if (str.charAt(i) == '\\') {
                match = true;
                i += 2;
            } else if (str.charAt(i) == separatorChar) {
                if (retainEmpty || match) {
                    list.add(str.substring(start, i));
                    match = false;
                }
                start = ++i;
            } else {
                match = true;
                i++;
            }
        }
        if (retainEmpty || match) {
            list.add(str.substring(start, i));
        }
        return list.toArray(new String[list.size()]);
    }
}

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