I'm using a scanner to take input and, hopefully, split it into chunks. I want it to split it up using whole word delimiters. So right now I have:
Scanner scanner = new Scanner("1 imported bottle of perfume at 27.99");
scanner.useDelimiter("\\sdelimitOne\\s");
So with input "word word delimitOne word word delimitTwo word word" I get output:
word word
word word delimitTwo word word
I was hoping
scanner.useDelimiter("\\sdelimitOne\\s\\sdelimitTwo\\s");
might work, but alas not.
How do I go about achieving the following output:
word word
word word
word word
?
From wikipedia :
| : The choice (aka alternation or set union) operator matches either the expression before or the expression after the operator. For example, abc|def matches "abc" or "def".
so, scanner.useDelimiter("\\sdelimitOne\\s|\\sdelimitTwo\\s");
is what you need.