Java , how can i split this sentence into array?

Question

How can i split a sentence what is plotted with space and , in same time

E.g

String Sentence="Please , tell me about : job, hobby";

String[] words = Sentence.split(" ");<--- so here i need ',' ':' ' ' splits, How can i resolve multiple splitting?

Duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7492672/java-string-split-by-multiple-character-delimiter — kai, Sep 16 '15 at 09:24

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 16 '15 at 09:25

You can use a non-word command and a quantifier:

String sentence="Please , tell me about : job, hobby";
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(sentence.split("\\W+")));

Output

[Please, tell, me, about, job, hobby]

You can also use a character class with the specific tokens you need:

System.out.println(Arrays.toString(sentence.split("[,: ]+")));

(same output)

Docs

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