Split string into 2 strings based on a delimiter

Question

Does anybody know if there is a solid library based method to achieve the following.

Say I have the string

\"name1, name2, name3, name4\" 


        

Answer 1

String s = "hello=goodmorning,2,1"
String[] str = s.split("=");  //now str[0] is "hello" and str[1] is "goodmorning,2,1"
String str1 = str[0];  //hello
String[] str2 = str[1].split(",");  //now str2[0] is "goodmorning" and str2[1] is "2,1"

Answer 2

you could use yourString.split(", ", 2).

String str = "name1, name2, name3, name4";

String[] parts = str.split(", ", 2);
String string1 = parts[0];
String string2 = parts[1];

System.out.println(string1);  // prints name1
System.out.println(string2);  // prints name2, name3, name4

You could also use yourString.indexOf(", ") and yourString.substring(...).

Answer 3

Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(", *");
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(inputString);
if (matcher.find()) {
    string1 = inputString.substring(0, matcher.start());
    string2 = inputString.substring(matcher.end());
}