Java String's split method ignores empty substrings

Question

It occured to me today the behavior of java String.split() is very strange.

Actually I want to split a string \"aa,bb,cc,dd,,,ee\" to array

Answer 1

You can use public String[] split(String regex, int limit):

The limit parameter controls the number of times the pattern is applied and therefore affects the length of the resulting array. If the limit n is greater than zero then the pattern will be applied at most n - 1 times, the array's length will be no greater than n, and the array's last entry will contain all input beyond the last matched delimiter. If n is non-positive then the pattern will be applied as many times as possible and the array can have any length. If n is zero then the pattern will be applied as many times as possible, the array can have any length, and trailing empty strings will be discarded.

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String st = "aa,bb,cc,dd,,,,";
System.out.println(Arrays.deepToString(st.split(",",-1)));
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Prints:

[aa, bb, cc, dd, , , , ]