How to use split method with stringbuilder together in the same class?

Question

StringBuilder to hide vowels:

String bienvenue_intro = " Welcome! Java First Semester: 455, java street: City (State): Country: 575757 ";
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(bienvenue_intro);
String[] introduction = bienvenue_intro.split(":"); 
for (int i = 0; i < bienvenue_intro.length(); i++) {
    char c = bienvenue_intro.charAt(i);
    if ((c == 'A') || (c == 'a') ||
        (c == 'E') || (c == 'e') ||
        (c == 'I') || (c == 'i') ||
        (c == 'O') || (c == 'o') ||
        (c == 'U') || (c == 'u')) {
            sb.setCharAt(i, '*');
    }
}
System.out.println(bienvenue_intro);
System.out.println(sb.toString());

The output of the above code is:

Welcome! Java First Semester: 455, java street: City (State): Country: 575757 
 W*lc*m*! J*v* F*rst S*m*st*r: 455, j*v* str**t: C*ty (St*t*): C**ntry: 575757

Method split to break the lines:

for (int i = 0; i < introduction.length; i++)
    System.out.println(introduction[i]);

The desired output using split + string builder would be:

W*lc*m*! J*v* F*rst S*m*st*r

 455, j*v* str**t

 C*ty (St*t*)

 C**ntry

 575757

But both together it does not work! Is it even possible to team StringBuilder with the Split method?

you need nested `for` loop on `introduction` array – sidgate Dec 23 '15 at 05:25 — sidgate, Dec 23 '15 at 05:25
Use `replaceAll("[aeiouAEIOU]+","*")` and then `split(":")` – TheLostMind Dec 23 '15 at 05:27 — TheLostMind, Dec 23 '15 at 05:27

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '15 at 05:28

Don't split the String before, first to the transformation. StringBuilder will perform the in-place character replacement for you and get the replaced String using toString() and perform the split on it.

String bienvenue_intro = " Welcome! Java First Semester: 455, java street: City (State): Country: 575757 ";
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(bienvenue_intro);

for (int i = 0; i < bienvenue_intro.length(); i++) {
  char c = bienvenue_intro.charAt(i);
  if (   (c == 'A') || (c == 'a')
      || (c == 'E') || (c == 'e')
      || (c == 'I') || (c == 'i')
      || (c == 'O') || (c == 'o')
      || (c == 'U') || (c == 'u')) {
    sb.setCharAt(i, '*');
  }
}
System.out.println(bienvenue_intro);
//System.out.println(sb.toString());

String[] introduction = sb.toString().split(":");  //<-- Do the split here after replacements.
for (String string : introduction) {
  System.out.println(string);
}

Output:

 W*lc*m*! J*v* F*rst S*m*st*r
 455, j*v* str**t
 C*ty (St*t*)
 C**ntry
 575757

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 23 '15 at 05:31

There is a better and simpler way of doing this :)

replaceAll() and split().

public static void main(String[] args) {
    String bienvenue_intro = " Welcome! Java First Semester: 455, java street: City (State): Country: 575757 ";
    String[] arr = bienvenue_intro.replaceAll("(?i)[aeiou]+", "*").split(":");

    for(String s : arr) {
        System.out.println(s);
    }
}

 W*lc*m*! J*v* F*rst S*m*st*r
 455, j*v* str*t
 C*ty (St*t*)
 C*ntry
 575757

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

I would like to expand on the answer given by @YoungHobbit. I am not an expert but these are my observations:

There is no need to use StringBuilder. Read more here: when to use StringBuilder in java
You can use regex for transformation. Read more here: How to replace replace vowels with a special character in Java?

My take:

String bienvenue_intro = " Welcome! Java First Semester: 455, java street: City (State): Country: 575757 ";
String mod_str = bienvenue_intro.replaceAll( "(?i)[aeiou]", "*" );
String[] introduction = mod_str.split(":");
for (String string : introduction) {
  System.out.println(string);
}

Bohemian · Answer 4 · 2015-12-23T06:38:58.433

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I believe your approach is all wrong: There is already an API to do this in one, easily-readable, line of code:

System.out.println(bienvenue_intro.replaceAll("[aeiouAEIOU]", "*").replace(":", "\n"));

edited Dec 23 '15 at 06:38

answered Dec 23 '15 at 06:32

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