Split the source into two strings at the first occurrence of the splitter Subsequent occurrences are not treated specially, and may be part of the second string. : String split « Data Type « Java

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2. Data Type
3. String split

Split the source into two strings at the first occurrence of the splitter Subsequent occurrences are not treated specially, and may be part of the second string.

    
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Vector;

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/**
 * <p>
 * StringUtil collects together some string utility classes.
 * </p>
 */
public class StringUtil
{

  /**
   * Split the source into two strings at the first occurrence of the splitter Subsequent occurrences are not treated specially, and may be part of the second string.
   * 
   * @param source
   *        The string to split
   * @param splitter
   *        The string that forms the boundary between the two strings returned.
   * @return An array of two strings split from source by splitter.
   */
  public static String[] splitFirst(String source, String splitter)
  {
    // hold the results as we find them
    Vector rv = new Vector();
    int last = 0;
    int next = 0;

    // find first splitter in source
    next = source.indexOf(splitter, last);
    if (next != -1)
    {
      // isolate from last thru before next
      rv.add(source.substring(last, next));
      last = next + splitter.length();
    }

    if (last < source.length())
    {
      rv.add(source.substring(last, source.length()));
    }

    // convert to array
    return (String[]) rv.toArray(new String[rv.size()]);
  }


}

   
    
    
    
  

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