Java String split()

19 Mar 2025 | 3 min read

The java string split() method splits this string against given regular expression and returns a char array.


Internal implementation


Signature

There are two signature for split() method in java string.


Parameter

regex : regular expression to be applied on string.

limit : limit for the number of strings in array. If it is zero, it will returns all the strings matching regex.


Returns

array of strings


Throws

PatternSyntaxException if pattern for regular expression is invalid


Since

1.4


Java String split() method example

The given example returns total number of words in a string excluding space only. It also includes special characters.

Output

 java string split method by TpointTech 

Java String split() method with regex and length example

Output

 returning words: welcome to split world returning words: welcome to split world returning words: welcome to split world 

Java String split() method with regex and length example 2

Here, we are passing split limit as a second argument to this function. This limits the number of splitted strings.

Output

Returning words: Tpoin Tech Split array length: 2