java.util.regex.Pattern.split() Method

Description

The java.util.regex.Pattern.split(CharSequence input) method splits the given input sequence around matches of this pattern.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.regex.Pattern.split(CharSequence input) method.

public String[] split(CharSequence input)

Parameters

• input − The character sequence to be split.

Returns

The array of strings computed by splitting the input around matches of this pattern.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.regex.Pattern.split(CharSequence input) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class PatternDemo {
   private static String REGEX = ":";
   private static String INPUT = "boo:and:foo";

   public static void main(String[] args) {
      Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(REGEX);
      String[] result = pattern.split(INPUT);
      
      for(String data:result){
         System.out.println(data); 
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

boo
and
foo