Split a string with a character between curly braces

Question

I have following string :

{"attribute1":"value1","attribute2":"value2","attribute3":{"attribute3a":"value3a","attribute3b":"value3b"}},{"attribute1":"value1","attribute2":"value2","attribute3":{"attribute3a":"value3a","attribute3b":"value3b"}},{"attribute1":"value1","attribute2":"value2","attribute3":{"attribute3a":"value3a","attribute3b":"value3b"}}

I need to split this string on "," between "}}" and "{" and put each result in a tab.

The result I want is :

tab[0] : {"attribute1":"value1","attribute2":"value2","attribute3":{"attribute3a":"value3a","attribute3b":"value3b"}}
tab[1] : {"attribute1":"value1","attribute2":"value2","attribute3":{"attribute3a":"value3a","attribute3b":"value3b"}}
tab[2] : {"attribute1":"value1","attribute2":"value2","attribute3":{"attribute3a":"value3a","attribute3b":"value3b"}}

How can I do it?

this looks like JSON. I'd take a look at a JSON reader rather than trying to parse it yourself — RNJ, Aug 02 '16 at 15:22

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 02 '16 at 15:30

Following code solves your problem

public class Test {

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        String input = "{\"attribute1\":\"value1\",\"attribute2\":\"value2\",\"attribute3\":{\"attribute3a\":\"value3a\",\"attribute3b\":\"value3b\"}},{\"attribute1\":\"value1\",\"attribute2\":\"value2\",\"attribute3\":{\"attribute3a\":\"value3a\",\"attribute3b\":\"value3b\"}},{\"attribute1\":\"value1\",\"attribute2\":\"value2\",\"attribute3\":{\"attribute3a\":\"value3a\",\"attribute3b\":\"value3b\"}}";
        String[] output = input.split("},");
        for(String s: output) {
            System.out.println(s+"}");
        }
    }

}

However, this is not an elegant way of doing it. You should try parsing your input using JSON libraries

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score -1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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This definitely looks like JSON. I would suggest looking at this SO post on parsing JSON: How to parse json in java

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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answered Aug 02 '16 at 15:30

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Split a string with a character between curly braces

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