Java String to Array stringToArray(String inputVal, String delimiter)

Description

string To Array

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static ArrayList<String> stringToArray(String inputVal, String delimiter) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class Main {
    public static ArrayList<String> stringToArray(String inputVal, String delimiter) {
        if (inputVal == null || inputVal.length() <= delimiter.length()) {
            return null;
        }/*from ww  w  .  j a v  a 2s  .  c  o m*/

        if (inputVal.indexOf(delimiter) == 0) {
            inputVal = inputVal.substring(delimiter.length());
        }
        if (inputVal.indexOf(delimiter) == inputVal.length() - delimiter.length()) {
            inputVal = inputVal.substring(0, inputVal.length() - delimiter.length());
        }
        String[] vals = inputVal.split(delimiter);
        ArrayList<String> returnList = new ArrayList<String>();
        try {
            for (int i = 0; i < vals.length; i++) {
                returnList.add(vals[i].trim());
            }
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            returnList = null;
        }
        return returnList;
    }
}

Related

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3. stringToArray(String s)
4. stringToArray(String str, String separator)
5. stringToByteArray(String text, int length)