Java String Split splitArguments(String arguments)

Description

split Arguments

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String[] splitArguments(String arguments) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    public static String[] splitArguments(String arguments) {
        boolean inQuotes = false;
        ArrayList<String> arrayList = new ArrayList<String>();
        int firstChar = 0;
        int i;
        char ch;
        for (i = 0; i < arguments.length(); i++) {
            ch = arguments.charAt(i);
            if (ch == '\\' && arguments.charAt(i + 1) == '\"') {
                i++;
                continue;
            }
            if (ch == '\"') {
                inQuotes = !inQuotes;
            }
            if (ch == ' ') {
                if (!inQuotes) {
                    arrayList.add(arguments.substring(firstChar, i));
                    firstChar = i + 1;
                }
            }
        }

        if (firstChar != arguments.length()) {
            arrayList.add(arguments.substring(firstChar, arguments.length()));
        }

        String[] result = new String[arrayList.size()];

        int j = 0;
        for (String element : arrayList) {
            element = element.replaceAll("\\\\\"", "QUOTE");
            element = element.replaceAll("\"", "");
            element = element.replaceAll("QUOTE", "\\\\\"");
            result[j] = element;
            j++;
        }
        return result;
    }
}

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2. splitAndTrim(String str, String splitBy)
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4. splitArgs(String args, int expectedArgs)
5. splitArguments(final String str)
6. splitArguments(String s)
7. splitArguments(String str)
8. splitArguments(String string)
9. splitArguments(String string)