Java String Split by Char splitWithEscape(String s, String splitChars)

Description

split With Escape

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static List<String> splitWithEscape(String s, String splitChars) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    public static final char escapeChar = '\\';

    public static List<String> splitWithEscape(String s, String splitChars) {
        if (splitChars == null) {
            splitChars = "";
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        List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
        if (s == null) {
            return result;
        }
        boolean escaped = false;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            char ch = (char) s.codePointAt(i);
            if (escaped) {
                sb.append(ch);
                escaped = false;
            } else {
                if (ch == escapeChar) {
                    escaped = true;
                    continue;
                } else {
                    if (splitChars.indexOf(ch) > -1) {
                        result.add(sb.toString());
                        sb = new StringBuilder();
                    } else {
                        sb.append(ch);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        result.add(sb.toString());
        return result;
    }
}

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1. splitString(final String s, final char c, final boolean trimBlanks)
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3. splitString(String string, char ch)
4. splitStringToChars(String str)
5. splitTrim(String str, String limitChar)