Groovy - String split() method

split() method splits this string around matches of the given regular expression.

Syntax

String[] split(String regex)

Parameters

regex − the delimiting regular expression.

Return Value

It returns the array of strings computed by splitting this string around matches of the given regular expression.

Example - Use of split() method on String objects

Following is an example of the usage of split() method.

Example.groovy

class Example { 
   static void main(String[] args) { 
      String a = "Hello-World";
      String[] str;
      str = a.split('-');
      
      for( String values : str )
      println(values);       
   } 
}

Output

When we run the above program, we will get the following result −

Hello 
World

Example - Splitting a String based on delimiter patterns

Following is an example of the usage of split() method.

Example.groovy

class Example { 
   static void main(String[] args) { 
      String str = "a d, m, i.n";
      String delimiters = "\\s+|,\\s*|\\.\\s*";
      
      // analyzing the string 
      String[] tokensVal = str.split(delimiters); 
      
      // prints the number of tokens
      System.out.println("Count of tokens = " + tokensVal.length);    
      for(String token : tokensVal) {
         System.out.print(token);
      }       
   } 
}

Output

When we run the above program, we will get the following result −

Count of tokens = 5
admin

Example - Splitting a String based on delimiter String

Following is an example of the usage of split() method.

Example.groovy

class Example { 
   static void main(String[] args) { 	      
      String s = "WelcomeLaughtoLaughtutorialsPoint";
      String[] splitting = s.split("Laugh");
      for (String splt : splitting) {
         System.out.println(splt);
      }
   } 
}

Output

When we run the above program, we will get the following result −

Welcome
to
tutorialsPoint