To split a paragraph into an array of individual words (say a string array), the most common answer would be something like:
String para = "ameya needs to win this cup.";
String[] abc = para.split(" ");
However if the para included ? and ,'s and ; etc, how can this be done? For eg:
String para = "ameya,needs. to win?this cup.";
String#split(arg) takes regex as argument, and in regex if you want to match one of many characters then you can use this form (a|b|c|...|z) which means character that is eater a OR b OR c OR [...] OR z (instead of ... you actually need to put rest of alphabet letters).
But since that form is ugly you can use character class that can look like [abcd...z]. But this can also be optimized a little using range of characters [a-z].
Now lets go back to your question. If you want to match all spaces and additional characters then you can try to split on every [\\s.,;?]. Also in case you want to split on single group of that characters you can use [\\s.,;?]+. + means one or more elements that are described before +.
So maybe try this way
String[] abc = para.split("[\\s.,;?]+");
Use a regular expression
String str = "ameya,needs. to win?this cup.";
String [] arr = str.split("[\\s|,|\\.|;|\\?]");
