Java String Split splitString(String bigString, String splitter)

Description

Split a string into a list of substrings separated by splitter.

License

LGPL

Parameter

Parameter	Description
bigString	The string to be split
splitter	The splitter

Return

a list of strings

Declaration

public static List<String> splitString(String bigString, String splitter) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w w w . ja  va2  s  .c om*/
 *   This software is distributed under the terms of the FSF 
 *   Gnu Lesser General Public License (see lgpl.txt). 
 *
 *   This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. See the
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Split a string into a list of substrings separated by splitter.
     * 
     * @param bigString  The string to be split
     * @param splitter    The splitter
     * @return a list of strings
     */
    public static List<String> splitString(String bigString, String splitter) {
        if (bigString == null || "".equals(bigString.trim()))
            return new ArrayList<String>();

        List<String> dataList = new ArrayList<String>();
        int spliterLen = splitter.length();
        int index = bigString.indexOf(splitter);

        while (index != -1) {
            String frontString = bigString.substring(0, index);
            dataList.add(frontString);

            bigString = bigString.substring(index + spliterLen);
            index = bigString.indexOf(splitter);
        }

        if (!bigString.equals(""))
            dataList.add(bigString);

        //add the original string to the return list if nothing is split. 
        if (dataList.size() == 0)
            dataList.add(bigString);

        return dataList;
    }
}

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