How can I split words based on length using Java?

Question

What is the best way to take a word and split it up between 2 to 4 character in length?

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Is there a method designed specifically to accomplish this?

Whats the pattern you are looking for exactly? Why cant "rainforest" be "ra", "in", "fo", "re" and "st"? — Shiva Kumar, Feb 10 '13 at 06:59
It can be. I am given a word with a length range of 4 to 16 characters, I need to break that word down to subworsd in a range of 2 to 4 characters that make up the original word. — Chad, Feb 10 '13 at 07:03
You mean you need to come up will all combinations of 2-4 sized subwords of the original word? — Shiva Kumar, Feb 10 '13 at 07:07
Yes, Given a list of 7 words that vary in length from 4 to 16 characters I need to return a list of 20 strings making up those words. thanks. — Chad, Feb 10 '13 at 07:09

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 10 '13 at 07:01

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Why not use modulo operation on string length? With the result you can easily split your string in some pieces.

answered Feb 10 '13 at 07:01

Alina B.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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Look at this question on how to split at string at every nth position. You then just need to iterate over n from 2 to 4 to get all your substrings.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

Community

answered Feb 10 '13 at 07:29

Shiva Kumar

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