Question

Can I extract string from the phrase using split() function with subphrases as delimeters? For example I have a phrase “Mandatory string – Any string1 – Any string2”. How can I extract “Any string1” with delimiters as “Mandatory string” and “[a-zA-Z]”

This is how I’m trying to extract:

String str="Mandatory string - Any string1 - Any string2";
String[] result= str.split("Mandatory\\string\\s-\\s|\\s-\\s[a-zA-Z]+");

Result of this code is

result = ["Mandatory string","ny string1","ny string2"]

But desired is:

result = ["Any string1"]

Could appreciate some help, thanks.

Answer 1

String[] result= str.split("Mandatory\\s(1)string\\s-\\s|\\s-\\s[a-zA-Z\\s(2)]+");

You just forgot an “s” in position(1)
and there should be a “\\s” in position(2)

try this line:
String[] result= str.split("Mandatory\\sstring\\s-\\s|\\s-\\s[a-zA-Z\\s]+");