How to Split the String in Java

Following Example shows how to split the string using str.split(String pattern) method in Java.

Sample Program

package com.javatutorialcorner.javastring;

public class SplitString {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String input1 = "This is Java string example program";
        String input2 = "a-b-c-d-e-f";

        String[] result1 = input1.split(" ");
        for (int i = 0; i < result1.length; i++) {
            System.out.println(result1[i]);
        }

        System.out.println("-------------------");
        String[] result2 = input2.split("-");
        for (String output : result2) {
            System.out.println(output);
        }

    }

}

Result

The above code will produce the following result.

This
is
Java
string
example
program
-------------------
a
b
c
d
e
f

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