/*license*\ XBN-Java Library Copyright (c) 2014, Jeff Epstein (aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com) This software is dual-licensed under the: - Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0 or, at your option, any later version; - Apache Software License (ASL) version 2.0. Either license may be applied at your discretion. More information may be found at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing. The text of both licenses is available in the root directory of this project, under the names "LICENSE_lgpl-3.0.txt" and "LICENSE_asl-2.0.txt". The latest copies may be downloaded at: - LGPL 3.0: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt - ASL 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt \*license*/ package com.github.xbn.examples.lang.non_xbn; import java.util.Arrays; /** <p>Split four uniform-length strings into a two-dimensional array of characters.</p> <p>{@code java com.github.xbn.examples.lang.non_xbn.SplitStringsTo2DCharArray}</p> * @since 0.1.0 * @author Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein ({@code aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com}), dual-licensed under the LGPL (version 3.0 or later) or the ASL (version 2.0). See source code for details. <a href="http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com">{@code http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com}</a>, <a href="https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava">{@code https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava}</a> **/ public class SplitStringsTo2DCharArray { private static final String LINE_SEP = System.getProperty("line.separator", "\r\n"); public static final void main(String[] ignored) { StringBuilder input = new StringBuilder(). append("A B C D E F").append(LINE_SEP). append("AABG EF 123").append(LINE_SEP). append("AD AD POLFE").append(LINE_SEP). append("APF PLF ADS").append(LINE_SEP); String[] lines = input.toString().split(LINE_SEP); //Assumes all lines are the same length char[][] charCharArray = new char[lines.length][lines[0].length()]; for(int i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) { String line = lines[i]; charCharArray[i] = line.toCharArray(); } for(int i = 0; i < charCharArray.length; i++) { System.out.println(i + ": " + Arrays.toString(charCharArray[i])); } } }