Java - String split() Method


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Description

This method has two variants and splits this string around matches of the given regular expression.

Syntax

Here is the syntax of this method −

public String[] split(String regex)

Parameters

Here is the detail of parameters −

  • regex − the delimiting regular expression.

Return Value

  • It returns the array of strings computed by splitting this string around matches of the given regular expression.

Example

Live Demo
import java.io.*;
public class Test {

   public static void main(String args[]) {
      String Str = new String("Welcome-to-Tutorialspoint.com");
      System.out.println("Return Value :" );      
      
      for (String retval: Str.split("-")) {
         System.out.println(retval);
      }
   }
}

This will produce the following result −

Output

Return Value :
Welcome
to
Tutorialspoint.com

java_strings.htm

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