Question

I have a string that I need to be split into 2. I want to do this by splitting at exactly the third comma.

How do I do this?

Edit

A sample string is :

from:09/26/2011,type:all,to:09/26/2011,field1:emp_id,option1:=,text:1234

The string will keep the same format – I want everything before field in a string.

Answer 1

If you’re simply interested in splitting the string at the index of the third comma, I’d probably do something like this:

String s = "from:09/26/2011,type:all,to:09/26/2011,field1:emp_id,option1:=,text:1234";

int i = s.indexOf(',', 1 + s.indexOf(',', 1 + s.indexOf(',')));

String firstPart = s.substring(0, i);
String secondPart = s.substring(i+1);

System.out.println(firstPart);
System.out.println(secondPart);

Output:

from:09/26/2011,type:all,to:09/26/2011
field1:emp_id,option1:=,text:1234

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