RE: Splitting a string with spaces (not i specific)

I might have tried something like this:

ArrayList words = new ArrayList();
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("[^\\s]+\\s+");
Matcher m = p.matcher(inputString);
while ( m.find) {
words.add(m.group());
}

That would put each contiguous string of characters along with all the
contiguous spaces following the contiguous characters into a new element
in the words list. You might also have to handle the condition where the
last character is at the end of the input.

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From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Gibbs
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 9:26 AM
To: Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400
Subject: Re: Splitting a string with spaces (not i specific)

David Gibbs wrote:

I need to split a string (in Java) into individual words ... but I
need to preserve spaces.

Here's the regex I ended up using: "(?<=[\\s])"

Although that Scanner class looks interesting.

FWIW: I'm working on a routine that will format AS400 messages for use
in a dialog box.

david

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