Let's say I have a string like function arg1 arg2 "arg3 is long".
How could I obtain the output of
String[0] = "function"
String[1] = "arg1"
String[2] = "arg2"
String[3] = "arg is long"
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2What would you want the output to be from that example? – Daniel Gratzer Dec 28 '12 at 23:28
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A String[] with the contents of String[0] = "function"; String[1] = "arg1"; etc – ixchi Dec 28 '12 at 23:30
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2possible duplicate of [Regex for splitting a string using space when not surrounded by single or double quotes](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/366202/regex-for-splitting-a-string-using-space-when-not-surrounded-by-single-or-double) – Jeff Storey Dec 28 '12 at 23:30
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1Your question is very confusing. Restate it in brief and to the point. – Smit Dec 28 '12 at 23:31
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Thank you @JeffStorey that answered my question. – ixchi Dec 28 '12 at 23:40
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This question's answer has a number of options for you to explore, but they are tailored for real command-line arguments.
- Apache Commons CLI
- JSAP
- Args4J
- JCommander
- Roll your own with Scanner.
