Java String Tokenize tokenize(String input)

Description

Tokenizing helper.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	is a line to be tokenized

Return

a String[] of the strings in between the delimiters

Declaration

public static String[] tokenize(String input) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**//from   w  w  w  . ja v  a2  s .co  m
     * Tokenizing helper.  Works on space, tab and comma separated files.
     * 
     * @param input is a line to be tokenized
     * @return a String[] of the strings in between the delimiters
     */
    public static String[] tokenize(String input) {
        if (input.contains(",")) { // comma delimited
            String[] ret = input.split(",");
            // trim leading whitespace
            for (String s : ret) {
                s.trim();
            }
            return ret;
        } else if (input.contains("\\t")) { // tab delimited
            return input.split("\\t+");
        } else { // whitespace delimited
            return input.trim().split("\\s+");
        }
    }
}

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