Java String Splitting

Question

"2/17/2014 11:55:00 PM"

I want to split the above string in Java into the following parts: 2, 17, 2014, 11, 55, 00, PM.

I was thinking of using something like-

String[] parts = string.split("[/ :]");

but it doesn't seem to be working. I would like to split everything in one command, if at all possible.

What did you try? What result did you get? "It doesn't work" isn't sufficient for us to help you. — Mar, Feb 28 '14 at 21:19
Looks like you try to parse a date. Any reason you do not want to use SimpleDateFormat or some JodaTime class to parse it? — Harald, Feb 28 '14 at 21:20
Your RegExp works fine, so your problem is probably in the surrounding code. — Mar, Feb 28 '14 at 21:22

Yser · Answer 1 · 2014-02-28T21:30:43.377

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Try:

String[] strings = "2/17/2014 11:55:00 PM".split("/| |:");

Also try replacing with ", " if you want just one String:

 String x = "2/17/2014 11:55:00 PM".replaceAll("/| |:", ", ");

edited Feb 28 '14 at 21:30

answered Feb 28 '14 at 21:21

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John · Answer 2 · 2014-02-28T21:29:23.070

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I think there's a problem with the way you're looking for spaces. Try

[:\\s\\/]

It will look for a colon (:), a "space character" (tab or space), and then a slash (which you have to escape with a backslash).

edited Feb 28 '14 at 21:29

answered Feb 28 '14 at 21:23

John

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 28 '14 at 21:25

You can split using a regex expression like so:

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String s = "2/17/2014 11:55:00 PM";
        String[] parts = s.split("/|:| ");
        for (String p : parts)
            System.out.println(p);  
    }   
}

The pipe '|' operator in the regex expression means OR. So your criteria is forward slash, colon, or space.

This produces the following.

$ javac Test.java
$ java Test
2
17
2014
11
55
00
PM

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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This is answered here, guess: Use String.split() with multiple delimiters

String a="2/17/2014 11:55:00 PM";
String[]tokens = a.split("/| |:");

Try it

edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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answered Feb 28 '14 at 21:25

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 28 '14 at 21:25

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it works for me :

  String s="2/17/2014 11:55:00 PM";
  String[] parts = s.split("[/ :]");

The output :

for (String s: parts)
    System.out.println(s);

==>

run:
2
17
2014
11
55
00
PM
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)

answered Feb 28 '14 at 21:25

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