Split Strings in java by words

Question

How can I split the following word in to an array

That\'s the code

into

array
0 That
1 s
2 the
3 code

I tried

Answer 1

You can split by a regex that would be one of the two characters - quote or space:

String[] strs = str.split("['\\s]");

Answer 2

You can use OR in regular expression

public static void main(String[] args) {
    String str = "That's the code";
        String[] strs = str.split("'|\\s");
        for (String sstr : strs) {
            System.out.println(sstr);
        }
   }

The string will be split by single quote (') or space. The single quote doesn't need to be escaped. The output would be

run:
That
s
the
code
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)