Split String In JAVA by specific words

Question

String S= \"multiply 3 add add 3 3 1\"

I want to get two string arrays The one is {\"multiply\", \"add\", \"add\"} Another out is {\"3\",\"3\",\"3\",1}

How can I

Answer 1

You should use Matcher instead of split:

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

...

List<String> operators = new ArrayList<String>();
Matcher m = Pattern.compile("add|multiply").matcher(s);
while (m.find()) {
    operators.add(m.group());
}

List<String> operands = new ArrayList<String>();
Matcher m = Pattern.compile("[0-9]+").matcher(s);
while (m.find()) {
    operands.add(m.group());
}

Answer 2

You can use java 8 groupingBy.

Map<Boolean, List<String>> map = Arrays
    .stream(s.split(" "))
    .collect(Collectors.groupingBy(e -> e.matches("\\d+")));

System.out.println(map);

The result is:

{false=[multiply, add, add], true=[3, 3, 3, 1]}

You can get operators and operands by:

List<String> operators = map.get(false);
List<String> operands = map.get(true);