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Thread: Splitting operators

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    Default Splitting operators

    I am wondering why this code works on C# but not on Java?
    It gives me an error in split function that it can only take strings
    Should I change the separators to String
    so it will be like this

                String separators = " .,:\t"

                char[] separators = { '  ', ',', '.', ':', '\t' };
                String[] words;
                words = value.split(separators);   //Value is a string passed inside this function

    The program basically takes a name like, "Mr. John Doe" and it will ignore the . and white space

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    Default Re: Splitting operators

    Should I change the separators to String
    Its best to read the API doc for the methods you use and see what the requirements are.

    If you have any questions about what it says in the API doc, copy the text here and ask the question.
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: Splitting operators

    Splits a string into parts based on a regex and stores it into an String array. The regex is a string used to determine where to split the bigger string. For example, to extract individual words from a sentence, a space would be used as a regex.

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    Default Re: Splitting operators

    Do you have the whole program to this task? I can see where and how it might be used, but don't know exactly what class files or packages are imported.

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