Here you can find the source of split(char c, String s)
Splits the given String by the given char, vaguely similar to the <a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/split.html"> Perl function 'split'</a>.
public static final List<String> split(char c, String s)
//package com.java2s; /*//w w w . java2 s . co m * EuroCarbDB, a framework for carbohydrate bioinformatics * * Copyright (c) 2006-2009, Eurocarb project, or third-party contributors as * indicated by the @author tags or express copyright attribution * statements applied by the authors. * * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify, * copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU * Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation. * A copy of this license accompanies this distribution in the file LICENSE.txt. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License * for more details. * * Last commit: $Rev: 1593 $ by $Author: hirenj $ on $Date:: 2009-08-14 #$ */ import java.util.List; import java.util.ArrayList; public class Main { /*************************************************** * * Splits the given String by the given char, vaguely similar to the * <a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/split.html"> * Perl function 'split'</a>. *<pre> * // returns [ "abc", "def", "", "ghi" ] * split(';', "abc;def;;ghi") </pre> */ public static final List<String> split(char c, String s) { List<String> strings = new ArrayList<String>(); int start = 0; for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) { if (s.charAt(i) != c) continue; strings.add(s.substring(start, i)); start = i + 1; } if (start <= s.length()) strings.add(s.substring(start)); return strings; } }