I have a string of the following type:
{{a}{b}{c}{d}{e}{f}{g}{h}}
where a to h can be any string (which doesn't contain { and {).
What is the most efficient way of getting just a, b, c,..h in an Array maybe in Java?
Scanning through each character doesn't seem to be a good solution to me.
Another option would be to use regular expressions, like so:
String text = "{{a}{b}{c}{d}{e}{f}{g}{h}}";
Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("(?<=\\{)([^{}]*)(?=\\})");
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(text);
String[] result = new String[8];
for(int i = 0; i < result.length && matcher.find(); i++) {
result[i] = matcher.group(1);
}
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(result));
The output was:
[a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]
It is important to note that this solution, at least in its current form, will only find a maximum of 8 strings. If you need a more dynamic solution refer to Jordi Castilla's answer.
just use String::substring and String::split.
Be careful scaping } and { characters in split pattern.
String s = "{{a}{b}{c}{d}{e}{f}{g}{h}}";
s = s.substring(2, s.length()-2);
String[] ss = s.split("\\}\\{");
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(ss));
OUTPUT:
[a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]
INPUT:
String s = "{{addaa}{grbwergb}{afñsljidhfWAc}{FFWEFWFd}{SGGRAERe}{ghetthsaf}{rweggwrgg}{wrgRGAEh}}";
OUTPUT:
[addaa, grbwergb, afñsljidhfWAc, FFWEFWFd, SGGRAERe, ghetthsaf, rweggwrgg, wrgRGAEh]
Try this
String originStr = "{{a}{b}{c}{d}{e}{f}{g}{h}}";
String tmpStr = originStr.replace("{{", "").replace("}}", "");
String[] resultArray = tmpStr.split("\\}\\{");
