Java break string in into individual words: How to split a string according to space,comma, colon and more between them and then save it in an array of string.

The coding is simple and you can test it according to your need. Just copy the code below and run it in your own machine. Please give comments if this solution is helpful for you.

Code Example:

class SplitDemo {

// Demonstrate split().

public static void main(String args[]) {

String result[];

// Split at spaces.

 String testStr = “This is a test.”;

System.out.println(“\n*********************************”);

System.out.println(“\nOriginal string: ” + testStr);

result = testStr.split(“\\s+”);

System.out.print(“\nSplit at spaces: ” +result[0]+ ” and size of array :”+result.length);

showSplit(result);

// Split on word boundaries.

testStr = “One, Two, and Three.”;

System.out.println(“\nOriginal string: ” + testStr);

result = testStr.split(“\\W+”);

System.out.print(“\nSplit at word boundaries: ” +result[0]);

 showSplit(result);

// Split same string on commas and zero or more spaces.

System.out.println(“\nOriginal string: ” + testStr);

result = testStr.split(“,\\s*”);

System.out.print(“\nSplit at commas: “);

showSplit(result);

// Split on word boundaries, but allow embedded

// periods and @.

testStr = “Jerry Jerry@HerbSchildt.com”;

System.out.println(“\nOriginal string: ” + testStr);

result = testStr.split(“[\\W && [^.@]]+”);

System.out.print(“\nAllow . and @ to be part of a word: “);

 showSplit(result);

// Split on various punctuation and zero or more trailing spaces.

testStr = “This, is. a!:; test?”;

System.out.println(“\nOriginal string: ” + testStr);

result = testStr.split(“[.,!?:;]+\\s*”);

System.out.print(“\nSplit on various punctuation: “);

 showSplit(result);

 System.out.println(“\n*********************************”);

}

 static void showSplit(String[] strs) {

for(int i=0;i<strs.length;i++)

System.out.print(strs[i] + “|”);

System.out.println(“\n”);

} 

}