How to split line on the basis of 2 or more consecutive space?

Question

I have a String like:

line = Microsoft SharePoint Workspace Audit Service  "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\GROOVE.EXE";

I need to split above string in two parts like:

part1=Microsoft SharePoint Workspace Audit Service
part2="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\GROOVE.EXE"

This split is because there are two or more consecutive spaces between those parts.

How to do that?

Is there a logic involved here? or do you just want to split at the double quotes? — Ravi Y, Jan 04 '13 at 07:17
@ryadavilli - the question is how to split at 2 or more consecutive spaces — Krease, Jan 04 '13 at 07:21
You could combine the answers from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8966884/regular-expression-checking-for-two-consecutive-spaces and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/225337/how-do-i-split-a-string-with-any-whitespace-chars-as-delimiters to split based on regex representing two or more consecutive spaces — Krease, Jan 04 '13 at 07:31
you can probably run a loop to check the maximum length of the spaces occuring continuously and with that length you can try splitting it just in the normal way — Arunkumar Srisailapathi, Jan 04 '13 at 07:33

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 04 '13 at 07:25

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String[] output = line.split("  ");

output[0] and output[1] is your answer

answered Jan 04 '13 at 07:25

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This will work for exactly two spaces, but the question refers to 'two *or more* consecutive spaces' – Krease Jan 04 '13 at 07:27
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If suppose 3 spaces are there; still split will happen but we need to trim() on the values. To handle a case of 10 spaces; consider only those values which are not empty. – Deepak Singhal Jan 04 '13 at 07:30
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Why not add that to your answer to make it complete? :) – Krease Jan 04 '13 at 07:33
use `String[] split = line.split(" +");` for more than 2 spaces. – Subhrajyoti Majumder Jan 04 '13 at 07:41

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 04 '13 at 07:38

String line = "Microsoft SharePoint Workspace Audit Service  \"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\GROOVE.EXE\"";

String[] parts = line.split("\\s{2,}");
String part1 = parts[0];
String part2 = parts[1];

A good tutorial for using regular expressions in Java can be found here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/regex/

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 04 '13 at 07:38

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You need regular expression for same.
Try following

String[] output = line.split("  +");

output[0] and output[1] is your answer

answered Jan 04 '13 at 07:38

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Dedyshka · Answer 4 · 2013-01-04T09:53:16.970

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String's method split() receives regex so you can use (for example):

String line = "Microsoft SharePoint Workspace Audit Service  \"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\GROOVE.EXE\"";
String[] result = line.split("\\s{2}");

edited Jan 04 '13 at 09:53

answered Jan 04 '13 at 08:29

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 04 '13 at 10:33

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parts = line.split("\\s\\s+",2);
part1 = parts[0]; 
part2 = parts[1];

Above is working

answered Jan 04 '13 at 10:33

Ankur

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How to split line on the basis of 2 or more consecutive space?

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