How can I take out the element from a String?

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For example, if I have a string "Hello how are you". After I use the split() to separate all the elements, I want to put "Hello" to a variable, also same as the remainings, which method should I use to do it as it is not an ArrayList so I can't use the index. Lots of thanks.

Using `String.split()` will already put each word into an array variable. What are you trying to accomplish? — Tim Biegeleisen, May 05 '16 at 01:59
@ElliottFrisch Can I put 2 items in the same string, like putting "how" and "are" together in the same variable? — Hui Ting Ko, May 05 '16 at 02:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 05 '16 at 02:04

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You can achieve the same like this :-

String input = "Hello how are you";
String[] splittedString = input.split(" ");
System.out.println(splittedString[0]);

answered May 05 '16 at 02:04

Siddharth

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Can I put 2 items in the same string, like putting "how" and "are" together in a new variable? – Hui Ting Ko May 05 '16 at 02:10
You could do that. String howare = splittedString[0] + splittedString[1] – ARK May 05 '16 at 02:17
@akshayrajkore thanks! – Hui Ting Ko May 05 '16 at 02:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 05 '16 at 02:15

Can I put 2 items in the same string, like putting "how" and "are" together in a new variable?

You can use String.split(String, int) (where the second argument is a limit). Something like

String str = "Hello how are you";
String[] parts = str.split("\\s+", 2);
System.out.printf("First Word: %s%n", parts[0]);
System.out.printf("Rest of the Words: %s%n", parts[1]);

Outputs (as requested)

First Word: Hello
Rest of the Words: how are you

How can I take out the element from a String?

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