java regex not working

Question

Why this regex isnt working for non-word and non-digits like this: )(ª º ?

sentence.split("[^(\\p{L}\\p{N})]");

Is it suposed to work or not?

PS: I can't find any information either on SOF or in the web

Can you explain in more detail what you want to happen? Perhaps give example input with expected and observed output? — Arnout Engelen
– Arnout Engelen, Commented Oct 2, 2011 at 10:55
What's in the sentence variable, and what's your expected output? — Daniel
– Daniel, Commented Oct 2, 2011 at 10:55
i checked the words after the split, and there are words like this: "(wordA", "word(d", "wordº", "wordªª", and shouldnt. I think that expression will exclude this cases. In that case, how can i add "(", ")", "º", and "ª" to that regex? — recoInrelax
– recoInrelax, Commented Oct 2, 2011 at 11:02

Arnout Engelen · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-02 11:13:37Z

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A better description of the problem would be nice, but I'm guessing you're looking for:

sentence.split("\\W+");

answered Oct 2, 2011 at 11:13

Arnout Engelen

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it workds. Thank you very much, i firstly used this pattern and was not working.