Split Paragraphs Java: i want first 50 words in one variable from string

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I have

String explanation = "The image-search feature will start rolling out in the next few days, said Johanna Wright, a Google search director. "Every picture has a story, and we want to help you discover that story she said.";

there are total number of words are 300

In Java, how do I get the first 50 words from the string?

What have you tried? Did you see anything in the JavaDocs for the `String` class you think might help? — Brian Roach, Sep 27 '11 at 14:06
there are 35 words and 199 characters in the string you show in your example. neither 35 nor 199 equals 300. — DwB, Sep 27 '11 at 14:08

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 27 '11 at 14:06

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Here you go, perfect explanation: http://www.aliaspooryorik.com/blog/index.cfm/e/posts.details/post/show-the-first-n-and-last-n-words-232

answered Sep 27 '11 at 14:06

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Please add an answer or update the link above as it is broken. – T04435 Jul 23 '19 at 02:44

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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Depending on your definition of a word, this may do for you:

Search for the 50:th space character, and then extract the substring from 0 to that index.

Here is some example code for you:

public static int nthOccurrence(String str, char c, int n) {
    int pos = str.indexOf(c, 0);
    while (n-- > 0 && pos != -1)
        pos = str.indexOf(c, pos+1);
    return pos;
}


public static void main(String[] args) {
    String text = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.";

    int numWords = 4;
    int i = nthOccurrence(text, ' ', numWords - 1);
    String intro = i == -1 ? text : text.substring(0, i);

    System.out.println(intro); // prints "Lorem ipsum dolor sit"
}

Related question:

How to find nth occurrence of character in a string?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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This is not what he wants, he wants to count words, not occurrences of some character. – Aurelien Ribon Sep 27 '11 at 14:10
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Assuming space character separates words, that's roughly the same thing. – aioobe Sep 27 '11 at 14:11
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@user935988 In that case you should accept this answer by clicking the big check mark (✓) on the left side of it. – millimoose Sep 27 '11 at 14:29

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 27 '11 at 14:09

Split the incoming data with a regex, bounds check, then rebuild the first 50 words.

String[] words = data.split(" ");
String firstFifty = "";
int max = words.length;
if (max > 50) 
  max = 50;
for (int i = 0; i < max; ++i)
  firstFifty += words[i] + " ";

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 27 '11 at 14:10

You can try something like this (If you want the first 50 words):

String explanation="The image-search feature will start rolling out in the next few days, said Johanna Wright, a Google search director. "Every picture has a story, and we want to help you discover that story she said."

String[] words = explanation.split(" ");
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < Math.min(50, words.length); i++)
{
 sb.append(words[i] + " ");  
}
System.out.println("The first 50 words are: " + sb.toString());

Or something like this if you want the first 50 characters:

String explanation="The image-search feature will start rolling out in the next few days, said Johanna Wright, a Google search director. "Every picture has a story, and we want to help you discover that story she said."

String truncated = explanation.subString(0, Math.min(49, explanation.length()));

Split Paragraphs Java: i want first 50 words in one variable from string

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