Java – split string – Cartesian

The following string is given:

“foo bar-baz-zzz”

I want to divide it into the characters "" and "-", keep their values, but get all the input combinations

I want to get a two-dimensional array

{{"foo","bar","baz","zzz"},{"foo bar",{"foo","bar-baz",{"foo bar-baz","baz-zzz"},"bar-baz-zzz"},{"foo bar-baz-zzz"}}

Is there any built-in method in Java to split strings in this way? Maybe in a library like Apache Commons? Or do I have to write a for loop wall?

Solution

This is an effective recursive solution I used list < list < string > > instead of a two-dimensional array to make things easier The code is a little ugly. It may be sorted out

Sample output:

$java Main foo bar-baz-zzz
Processing: foo bar-baz-zzz
[foo,bar,baz,zzz]
[foo,baz-zzz]
[foo,bar-baz,bar-baz-zzz]
[foo bar,zzz]
[foo bar,baz-zzz]
[foo bar-baz,zzz]
[foo bar-baz-zzz]

Code:

import java.util.*;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // First build a single string from the command line args.
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    Iterator<String> it = Arrays.asList(args).iterator();
    while (it.hasNext()) {
      sb.append(it.next());

      if (it.hasNext()) {
        sb.append(' ');
      }
    }

    process(sb.toString());
  }

  protected static void process(String str) {
    System.err.println("Processing: " + str);
    List<List<String>> results = new LinkedList<List<String>>();

    // Invoke the recursive method that does the magic.
    process(str,results,new LinkedList<String>(),new StringBuilder());

    for (List<String> result : results) {
      System.err.println(result);
    }
  }

  protected static void process(String str,int pos,List<List<String>> resultsSoFar,List<String> currentResult,StringBuilder sb) {
    if (pos == str.length()) {
      // Base case: Reached end of string so add buffer contents to current result
      // and add current result to resultsSoFar.
      currentResult.add(sb.toString());
      resultsSoFar.add(currentResult);
    } else {
      // Step case: Inspect character at pos and then make recursive call.
      char c = str.charAt(pos);

      if (c == ' ' || c == '-') {
        // When we encounter a ' ' or '-' we recurse twice; once where we treat
        // the character as a delimiter and once where we treat it as a 'normal'
        // character.
        List<String> copy = new LinkedList<String>(currentResult);
        copy.add(sb.toString());
        process(str,pos + 1,resultsSoFar,copy,new StringBuilder());

        sb.append(c);
        process(str,currentResult,sb);
      } else {
        sb.append(c);
        process(str,sb);
      }
    }
  }
}