Java - Split and trim in one shot

Question

I have a String like this : String attributes = \" foo boo, faa baa, fii bii,\" I want to get a result like this :

String[] result = {\"foo boo\         


        

Answer 1

Use regular expression \s*,\s* for splitting.

String result[] = attributes.split("\\s*,\\s*");

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For Initial and Trailing Whitespaces
The previous solution still leaves initial and trailing white-spaces. So if we're expecting any of them, then we can use the following solution to remove the same:

String result[] = attributes.trim().split("\\s*,\\s*");

Answer 2

// given input
String attributes = " foo boo, faa baa, fii bii,";

// desired output
String[] result = {"foo boo", "faa baa", "fii bii"};

This should work:

String[] s = attributes.trim().split("[,]");

As answered by @Raman Sahasi:

before you split your string, you can trim the trailing and leading spaces. I've used the delimiter , as it was your only delimiter in your string