Java – Split a String with Specific Character

To split a string with specific character as delimiter in Java, call split() method on the string object, and pass the specific character as argument to the split() method. The method returns a String Array with the splits as elements in the array.

The syntax to split string by space is

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String.split(x)

where x is specific character by which we would like to split this string. Please note that we have to pass the character as string in double quotes.

Split String by Comma

In the following program, we have taken a string and split it by comma.

Java Program

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public class Example {
	public static void main(String[] args){
		String str = "abc,defg,hi,jklm";
		String parts[] = str.split(",");
		for(String part: parts) {
			System.out.println(part);
		}
	}
}

Output

abc
defg
hi
jklm

Split String by Alphabet

In the following program, we have taken a string and split it by the character m.

Java Program

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public class Example {
	public static void main(String[] args){
		String str = "abcmdefgmhimjkl";
		String parts[] = str.split("m");
		for(String part: parts) {
			System.out.println(part);
		}
	}
}

Output

abc
defg
hi
jkl

Conclusion

In this Java Tutorial, we learned how to split a string by specific character, using String.split() method.