I have the following string I need to split by double quotes. below is the sample string
String raw = ""AKINWALE JOHNSON ROTIMI " "100000072 " "1985" + "0217 " " " "0250000066 "" + "" 08035558619" "22324902758 " "NG0250002 " "9113985 "";
When I try to split the string by double quotes, knowing that some quotes can be empty
I tried the following : String[] split = raw.split(""(\w\s+|\s+)"");
it is close but I seem to be missing something.
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Answer
You can simply split it on \s*"\s*
which means "
preceded by or followed by zero or more whitespace character(s).
Demo:
import java.util.Arrays; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { String raw = ""AKINWALE JOHNSON ROTIMI " "100000072 " "1985" + "0217 " " " "0250000066 "" + "" 08035558619" "22324902758 " "NG0250002 " "9113985 ""; String[] split = raw.split("\s*"\s*"); Arrays.stream(split).forEach(System.out::println); } }
Output:
AKINWALE JOHNSON ROTIMI 100000072 19850217 0250000066 08035558619 22324902758 NG0250002 9113985