// strings/Splitting.java

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import java.util.*;

public class Splitting {

public static String knights =

"Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must " +

"cut down the mightiest tree in the forest... " +

"with... a herring!";

public static void split(String regex) {

System.out.println(

Arrays.toString(knights.split(regex)));

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

split(" "); // Doesn't have to contain regex chars

split("\\W+"); // Non-word characters

split("n\\W+"); // 'n' followed by non-word characters

}

}

/* Output:

[Then,, when, you, have, found, the, shrubbery,, you, must,

cut, down, the, mightiest, tree, in, the, forest...,

with..., a, herring!]

[Then, when, you, have, found, the, shrubbery, you, must,

cut, down, the, mightiest, tree, in, the, forest, with, a,

herring]

[The, whe, you have found the shrubbery, you must cut dow,

the mightiest tree i, the forest... with... a herring!]

*/