Use String.split() with multiple delimiters

java regex

Thang Pham · May 13, 2011 · Viewed 381.6k times · Source

I need to split a string base on delimiter - and .. Below are my desired output.

AA.BB-CC-DD.zip ->

AA
BB
CC
DD
zip

but my following code does not work.

private void getId(String pdfName){
    String[]tokens = pdfName.split("-\\.");
}

Answer

I think you need to include the regex OR operator:

String[]tokens = pdfName.split("-|\\.");

What you have will match:
[DASH followed by DOT together] -.
not
[DASH or DOT any of them] - or .