使用多个分隔符Java分割字符串

Question

I would like to split a string using multiple delimiters. Right now I am using this: String delims = "[\\\\s;.,:'!?()]"; which seems to work fine for those characters, but when I try to add the - character, it yells at me. How can I use all of these characters plus - as delimiters to split my string? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

• inside the character class has a special meaning. It is usually used to select a range of characters like: [az] ... In order to match the dash alone ... either keep it in the beginning or the end

I just tried this and it worked

  String regex = "[\\s;.,:'!?()-]";
  String text = "jatin-shah-testing";

  String[] tokens = text.split(regex);
  for(int i = 0; i < tokens.length; i++)
    System.out.println(tokens[i]);

Answer 2

- has a special meaning in character classes, indicating ranges. (Eg [0-9] will match any digit.)

However, if you put if you put it either as the first character or the last it will be matched as a literal - .