Java Data Type How to - Extract word from a sentence

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Question

We would like to know how to extract word from a sentence.

Answer

import java.text.BreakIterator;
import java.util.Locale;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    String text = "this is a test(this is a test).";
    BreakIterator wordIterator = BreakIterator.getWordInstance(Locale
        .getDefault());
    extractWords(text, wordIterator);
  }

  static void extractWords(String target, BreakIterator wordIterator) {
    wordIterator.setText(target);
    int start = wordIterator.first();
    int end = wordIterator.next();

    while (end != BreakIterator.DONE) {
      String word = target.substring(start, end);
      if (Character.isLetterOrDigit(word.charAt(0))) {
        System.out.println(word);
      }
      start = end;
      end = wordIterator.next();
    }
  }
}

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