/*license*\
XBN-Java: Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein (aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com)
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package com.github.xbn.examples.regexutil.non_xbn;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
/**
<p>Split a string on the <i>first instance only</i> of a specific character--such as {@code "test1=test1="} to {@code "test1" and "test1="}.</p>
<p>{@code java com.github.xbn.examples.regexutil.non_xbn.SplitOnFirstInstanceOfCharOnlyXmpl}</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 SplitOnFirstInstanceOfCharOnlyXmpl {
public static final void main(String[] ignored) {
String sToSplit = "test1=test1=";
System.out.println("Without regex:");
int ixEqual = sToSplit.indexOf("=");
if(ixEqual == -1) {
System.out.println("Split char '=' not found.");
return;
}
System.out.println("Pre 1st: \"" + sToSplit.substring(0, ixEqual) + "\"");
System.out.println("Post 1st: \"" + sToSplit.substring(ixEqual + 1, sToSplit.length()) + "\"");
System.out.println("With regex:");
//Non-greedy, to go up to the *first* equals sign
Matcher m = Pattern.compile("(.*?)=(.*)").matcher(sToSplit);
if(m.matches()) {
System.out.println("Pre 1st: \"" + m.group(1) + "\"");
System.out.println("Post 1st: \"" + m.group(2) + "\"");
}
}
}