/*license*\ XBN-Java: 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.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) + "\""); } } }