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// strings/Splitting.java

// We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose.

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import java.util.*;

public class Splitting {

public static String knights =

"Then, when you have found the shrubbery, " +

"you must cut down the mightiest tree in the " +

"forest...with... a herring!";

public static void split(String regex) {

System.out.println(

Arrays.toString(knights.split(regex)));

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

split(" "); // Doesn't have to contain regex chars

split("\\W+"); // Non-word characters

split("n\\W+"); // 'n' followed by non-words

}

/* Output:

[Then,, when, you, have, found, the, shrubbery,, you,

must, cut, down, the, mightiest, tree, in, the,

forest...with..., a, herring!]

[Then, when, you, have, found, the, shrubbery, you,

must, cut, down, the, mightiest, tree, in, the, forest,

with, a, herring]

[The, whe, you have found the shrubbery, you must cut

dow, the mightiest tree i, the forest...with... a

herring!]