I want to split strings with regex java.
for example:
String: (5,4,a)
I want to split two String in following:
5
4,a
if character is numeric after comma character do split
if character is letter after comma character do not split
I use of
[-|,]\\s*[^\\w]
but do no right
It is often better to not come up with a complex regex that "does it all". Just split on comma, then look if the last element is a number, if not you can still concatenate the second and thrid field again.
You can use positive lookahead - a request that tells regex engine that a certain character must be there, but should not be consumed as part of the match:
"[()]|[,-](?=\\d)"
should do the job (demo on ideone). Above, (?=\\d) means "only if followed by a digit", without counting that digit as part of the match.
Try this out:
String str = "5,4,c";
// Just split the string into two parts
String[] split = str.split(",", 2);
System.out.println(split[0]);
System.out.println(split[1]);
