string to string array conversion in java

java arrays string split
riyana picture riyana · Aug 5, 2010 · Viewed 798.8k times · Source

I have a string = "name"; I want to convert into a string array. How do I do it? Is there any java built in function? Manually I can do it but I'm searching for a java built in function.

I want an array where each character of the string will be a string. like char 'n' will be now string "n" stored in an array.

Answer

rsp picture rsp · Aug 5, 2010

To start you off on your assignment, String.split splits strings on a regular expression and this expression may be an empty string:

String[] ary = "abc".split("");

Yields the array:

(java.lang.String[]) [, a, b, c]

Getting rid of the empty 1st entry is left as an exercise for the reader :-)

Note: In Java 8, the empty first element is no longer included.

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