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• Oracle regular expressions - splits the string into words for

  Hello

  Nice day!

  My requirement is to split the string into words.

  So I need to identify the new line character and the semicolon (;), comma and space like terminator for string entry.

  Please note that I am currently embedded blank and the comma as separator, as shown below.

  Select regexp_substr('test)
  TO
  string in words, "([^, [: blanc:]] +) (', 1, 1) double;"

  How to integrate the semicolons and line break characters in regular expression Oracle?

  Please notify.

  Thanks and greetings

  Sree

  This has nothing to do with REGEXP. Is SQL * more parser does not not a semicolon at the end of the line:

  SQL > select ' testto, mm\;
  ERROR:
  ORA-01756: city not properly finished chain

  SQL >

  Just break the chain:

  SQL > select regexp_substr ('testto, mm\;' |) '
  2 string into words
  3 \w+',1,level ',') of double
  4. connect by level<= regexp_count('testto,mm\;'="" ||="">
  5 string in words
  6      ','\w+')
  7.

  REGEXP_SUBSTR ('TESTTO, MM\;' |') STRINGIN
  --------------------------------------
  Testto
  mm
  string
  in
  Words

  SQL >

  Or modify SQL * more the character of endpoints:

  SQL > set sqlterm.
  SQL > select regexp_substr ('testto, mm\;)
  2 string into words
  3 \w+',1,level ',') of double
  4. connect by level<=>
  5 string in words
  6      ','\w+')
  7.

  REGEXP_SUBSTR ('TESTTO, MM\;) STRINGINTOWO
  --------------------------------------
  Testto
  mm
  string
  in
  Words

  SQL >

  SY.

• How to split a string into several substrings parent using a delimiter

  Hello

  I am forced to split a string into several substrings parent using a delimiter.

  And insert these substrings in variuou of the columns of a table in a row.

  For example. The sting is: ABC * DEF * GHI * JKH *.

  where ' *' is the separator.

  Desired output:

  Col1 Col2 Col3 Col4 Col5

  -------     --------     --------     -------     ---------

  JKH GHI ABC DEF (null)

  Could you please guide me how can I achieve this.

  Thank you

  Bogoss

  Hello Salim,

  Leave the thread for reference... got this excerpt:

  with t as

  (

  Select "c: its: hgfd:1:23" Str

  )

  Select

  REGEXP_SUBSTR (str, ' ([^:] *)(:|$)', 1, 1, null, 1) col1

  , REGEXP_SUBSTR (str, ' ([^:] *)(:|$)', 1, 2, null, 1) col2

  , REGEXP_SUBSTR (str, ' ([^:] *)(:|$)', 1, 3, null, 1) col3

  , REGEXP_SUBSTR (str, ' ([^:] *)(:|$)', 1, 4, null, 1) col4

  , REGEXP_SUBSTR (str, ' ([^:] *)(:|$)', 1, 5, null, 1) col5

  t;

  This code snippet works well, but for the fixed columns. Here are 5 predefined columns.

  But I need to have a logic that I can browse the string any No.. sometimes.

  For example. If I get 3 secondary channels of the parent chain... I need to insert into 3 columns.

  And if I get 6 strings under... I need to insert into 6 columns.

  Could you please help me develop a logic like that.

  I use Oracle database 10g.

  And the data are currently being collected on external table... but I can store in a variable or a column of a database table.

  Thank you

  Bogoss

• splits the string into 3 parts

  Hello

  I have a requirement to split the string into 3 different room example inf.ethz.ch should be subdivided into inf ethz ch in 3 different column

  We have table called email within this column contains all identification of email we need to divide email with dot (.) in different columns and display please suggest how to implement in the query

  Thank you

  Sudhir

  Use REGEXP_SUBSTR:

  SQL > with t as (select ' inf.ethz.ch' double txt)
  2 Select regexp_substr (txt,'[^.] +') part_1,.
  3 regexp_substr (txt,'[^.] +', 1, 2) part_2,.
  4 regexp_substr (txt,'[^.] +' 1, 3) part_3
  5 t
  6.

  BY PARTY PA
  --- ---- --
  INF ethz ch

  SQL >

  Or you can use SUBSTR + Instr.

  SY.

• Split a string using regexp_substr with consecutive delimiter

  I split a string with tubes as a delimiter. A string like this for example:

  "THIS |" EAST | ONE | EXAMPLE '

  If I do something like this:

  SELECT REGEXP_SUBSTR('THIS|IS|AN|EXAMPLE', '[^|]+', 1, 4) FROM DUAL
  

  I would get the word EXAMPLE

  But if the string is like this:

  "THIS |" EAST | ONE | EXAMPLE '

  With the above query, I always get EXAMPLE, but the word should be in the next position (5) because after IS, there should be an empty element

  Is it possible to change the regular expression to also get the empty element?

  Thanks in advance

  Well, the way I understand it, you get this behavior, because there is 'nothing' between the delimiters. so there is a field, so it does not display it don't think the regular expression.

  Try it with a space between the delimiters - works fine.

  So, with this in mind, the simplest solution might be something like that?

  regexp_substr (replace(c,'||','| |'), "[^ |]") +' 1, 4)

  [edited to avoid having a partial answer marked "correct"]

  As mentioned below by a few others, there are other solutions using regular expressions.

  The solution above does not work if more than 2 consecutive fields are empty, or if the first or last is empty.

  A simple tweak to the logic would help with this:

  RTrim (regexp_substr (replace (c,'|))) ',' |'), ' [^ |] +', 1, level))

  However, even if it has still some limitations compared to the solution of the full regular expression mentioned by Frank, below.

  [/ Edit]

• Split a string into lines {&lt; string1 &gt;} | {&lt; string2 &gt;}

  I implemented the Oracle text search in my database. Now I have this query

  Select ctx_thes.syn ('RED', 'MY_THESAURUS') of double;

  the output is displayed as

  {RED} | {MIXTURE OF RED} | {TABLE RED} | {RED}

  and I want to get the words in separate lines, i.e.

  Red

  Mixture of Red

  Red table

  Red wine

  How to split the string into lines?

  SELECT *
    FROM (    SELECT DISTINCT
                     REGEXP_SUBSTR ('{RED}|{RED BLEND}|{RED TABLE}|{RED WINE}',
                                    '({)([A-Z]+ *[A-Z]*)(})',
                                    1,
                                    LEVEL,
                                    'i',
                                    2)
                        val
                FROM DUAL
          CONNECT BY LEVEL <=
                          REGEXP_COUNT (
                             '{RED}|{RED BLEND}|{RED TABLE}|{RED WINE}',
                             '|')
                        + 1)
   WHERE val IS NOT NULL;
  

• How to split a string into columns

  Hi all
  
  Have a strings like this, where the delimiter is

  10:00 | x1 | 2 | RO | P | Con ausilio  | y1
  10:10 | x2 | 1 | RO |  |  | y2
  10:20 |x3 | 3 |  |  |  | y3
  10:30 |x4 | 3 | RO | N | Con aiuto  | y4
  10:40 |x5 | 1 | RO |  |  | y5
   
  how can I break it up into columns, for example, the first char(before first pipe) insert in first variable, 
  then, after first pipe,  second characters in a other column ans so on
   
  col1 := '10:00';
   
  col2 := 'x1';
  col3 := '2';
  col4:= 'RO';
  col5 := 'P';
  col6 := ' Con ausilio ';
  col7 := 'y1';
   
   
  col1 := '10:10';
  col2 := 'x2';
  .. and so on
   

  Thanks in advance

  Hello

  If you want to split the string str into 7 columns :

  SELECT  TRIM (BOTH FROM REGEXP_SUBSTR (str, '[^|]+', 1, 1))     AS col1
  ,     TRIM (BOTH FROM REGEXP_SUBSTR (str, '[^|]+', 1, 2))     AS col2
  ,     TRIM (BOTH FROM REGEXP_SUBSTR (str, '[^|]+', 1, 3))     AS col3
  ...
  ,     TRIM (BOTH FROM REGEXP_SUBSTR (str, '[^|]+', 1, 7))     AS col7
  FROM     table_x
  ;
  

  If you want to split it inot 7 variables :

  col1 := TRIM (BOTH FROM REGEXP_SUBSTR (str, '[^|]+', 1, 1));
  col2 := TRIM (BOTH FROM REGEXP_SUBSTR (str, '[^|]+', 1, 2));
  col3 := TRIM (BOTH FROM REGEXP_SUBSTR (str, '[^|]+', 1, 3));
  ...
  col7 := TRIM (BOTH FROM REGEXP_SUBSTR (str, '[^|]+', 1, 7));
  

• split a string into pl/sql

  Hello
  
  How to split a string and store in an associative array in pl/sql.function
  
  My string like this
  
  '1102,1101,1012,1011,1010,1009,1008,1007,1006,10005,1004,1003,1002,1001'
  and assign it to the array list. According to
  can someone please help
  
  concerning
  r

  You can try the following. Although I recommend, it would be better to write the function code php as a java stored procedure parser and use the result. We have a class defined in Java String Tokenizer.

  -- Define function to split string into tokens
  FUNCTION get_token(
      p_input_string IN VARCHAR2,            -- input string
      p_token_number IN PLS_INTEGER,         -- token number
      p_delimiter    IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT ',' -- separator character
    )
    RETURN VARCHAR2
  IS
    v_temp_string VARCHAR2(32767) := p_delimiter || p_input_string ;
    v_pos1 PLS_INTEGER ;
    v_pos2 PLS_INTEGER ;
  BEGIN
    v_pos1     := INSTR( v_temp_string, p_delimiter, 1, p_token_number ) ;
    IF v_pos1   > 0 THEN
      v_pos2   := INSTR( v_temp_string, p_delimiter, 1, p_token_number + 1) ;
      IF v_pos2 = 0 THEN
        v_pos2 := LENGTH( v_temp_string ) + 1 ;
      END IF ;
      RETURN( SUBSTR( v_temp_string, v_pos1+1, v_pos2 - v_pos1-1 ) ) ;
    ELSE
      RETURN NULL ;
    END IF ;
  EXCEPTION
    WHEN OTHERS THEN
      RAISE;
  END get_token;
  
  -- Call the above function in loop for a string with N tokens
  DECLARE
        TYPE assoc_arr_str_typ IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(100) INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
        str_arr assoc_arr_str_typ;
  
        v_str VARCHAR2(200) := '1102,1101,1012,1011,1010,1009,1008,1007,1006,10005,1004,1003,1002,1001' ;
        v_token   VARCHAR2(4) ;
        i          PLS_INTEGER := 1 ;
      BEGIN
        LOOP
          v_token := get_token( v_str, i , ',') ;
          EXIT WHEN v_token IS NULL ;
          dbms_output.put_line( v_token ) ;
          str_arr(i) := v_token;
          i := i + 1 ;
       END LOOP ;
    END ;
   /
  

  Published by: GG 24 March 2011 09:51

• Concatenate and split the string

  Hi all
  
  Is there some how we can split the string like this "1 | ~ | Diego | Maradona | ~ | Footballer | The Argentina.
  
  in the table of 3 elements: '1', ' Diego | Maradona', ' football '. The Argentina.
  
  Here is my code

  public static void main(String args[]){
            System.out.println("========USE SPLIT========== " );
                 String data = "1 |~| Diego|Maradona |~| Footballer|Argentina";
               String[] items = data.split(" |~| ");
               for (String item : items)
               {
                    System.out.println("item = " + item);
               }
               StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(data," |~| ");
               System.out.println("========USE TOKENIZER========== " );
               while(tok.hasMoreElements()){
                    System.out.println("item = " + tok.nextToken());
               }
            
       }

  and put it is:
  = USE SPLIT =.
  Item = 1
  Item = |
  Item = |
  Item = Diego | Maradona
  Item = |
  Item = |
  Item = football | Argentina
  = USE TOKENIZE =.
  Item = 1
  Item = Diego
  Item = Maradona
  Item = footballer
  Item = Argentina
  
  Published by: mycoffee on February 1, 2011 06:49

  Split() takes a regular expression. ' | ' has a special meaning in regular expressions.

  Try to use

  " \\|~\\| "
  

  as the argument of split()

• splits the string into documents

  Hello
  
  I did a query (see regexp) that split a string into records. The problem with the query is the separate in the subquery. Otherwise, it returns millions of records where I expect less than a thousand.
  Meanwhile, I found an other solution (see xmlsequence), but this statement returns the message "ORA-03113: end of file on the communication channel.
  
  Please advice.
  
  regexp:

      SELECT smp.sample_id
      FROM
      (
          SELECT sa.sample_id, sau.u_box_code, sau.u_box_position
          FROM lims_sys.sdg sd, lims_sys.sdg_user sdu, lims_sys.sample sa, lims_sys.sample_user sau
          WHERE sd.sdg_id = sdu.sdg_id
          AND sd.sdg_id = sa.sdg_id
          AND sa.sample_id = sau.sample_id
          AND sau.u_padded_out = 'F'
          AND sdu.u_client_type =  decode('#Client#','-1',sdu.u_client_type,'#Client#')
          AND sdu.u_crop_group = decode('#Crop#','-1',sdu.u_crop_group,'#Crop#')
          AND sdu.u_year_of_sample_delivery = decode('#Year#',-1,sdu.u_year_of_sample_delivery,'#Year#')
          AND sdu.u_week_of_processing = decode('#Week#',-1,sdu.u_week_of_processing,'#Week#')
          AND sd.status IN ('V','P','C')
      ) smp,
      (
          SELECT distinct box_code, regexp_substr(box_pos,'[^,]+',1,level) box_pos 
          FROM
          (
               SELECT p.name box_code, substr(p.description,instr(p.description, 'NP=') + 3) box_pos
               FROM lims_sys.plate_template pt, lims_sys.plate p, lims_sys.plate_user pu
               WHERE pt.plate_template_id = p.plate_template_id
               AND p.plate_id = pu.plate_id
               AND pt.name = 'Box96'
               AND p.status IN ('V','P','C')
               AND p.description like '%NP=%'
               AND pu.u_client_type = decode('#Client#','-1',pu.u_client_type,'#Client#')
               AND pu.u_crop_group = decode('#Crop#','-1',pu.u_crop_group,'#Crop#')
               AND pu.u_year = decode('#Year#',-1,pu.u_year,'#Year#')
               AND pu.u_week = decode('#Week#',-1,pu.u_week,'#Week#')
           )
           connect by level <= length(box_pos) - length(replace(box_pos,',')) + 1
      ) box
      WHERE smp.u_box_code = box.box_code
      AND smp.u_box_position = box.box_pos

  xmlsequence:

      SELECT smp.sample_id
      FROM
      (
          SELECT sa.sample_id, sau.u_box_code, sau.u_box_position
          FROM lims_sys.sdg sd, lims_sys.sdg_user sdu, lims_sys.sample sa, lims_sys.sample_user sau
          WHERE sd.sdg_id = sdu.sdg_id
          AND sd.sdg_id = sa.sdg_id
          AND sa.sample_id = sau.sample_id
          AND sau.u_padded_out = 'F'
          AND sdu.u_client_type =  decode('#Client#','-1',sdu.u_client_type,'#Client#')
          AND sdu.u_crop_group = decode('#Crop#','-1',sdu.u_crop_group,'#Crop#')
          AND sdu.u_year_of_sample_delivery = decode('#Year#',-1,sdu.u_year_of_sample_delivery,'#Year#')
          AND sdu.u_week_of_processing = decode('#Week#',-1,sdu.u_week_of_processing,'#Week#')
          AND sd.status IN ('V','P','C')
      ) smp,
      (
          SELECT  box_code, trim(x.column_value.extract('e/text()')) box_pos 
          FROM
          (
               SELECT p.name box_code, substr(p.description,instr(p.description, 'NP=') + 3) box_pos
               FROM lims_sys.plate_template pt, lims_sys.plate p, lims_sys.plate_user pu
               WHERE pt.plate_template_id = p.plate_template_id
               AND p.plate_id = pu.plate_id
               AND pt.name = 'Box96'
               AND p.status IN ('V','P','C')
               AND p.description like '%NP=%'
               AND pu.u_client_type = decode('#Client#','-1',pu.u_client_type,'#Client#')
               AND pu.u_crop_group = decode('#Crop#','-1',pu.u_crop_group,'#Crop#')
               AND pu.u_year = decode('#Year#',-1,pu.u_year,'#Year#')
               AND pu.u_week = decode('#Week#',-1,pu.u_week,'#Week#')
           ) t, table (xmlsequence(xmltype('<e><e>' || replace(t.box_pos,',','</e><e>')|| '</e></e>').extract('e/e'))) x
      ) box
      WHERE smp.u_box_code = box.box_code

  Hello

  When 'LEVEL '.<= x"="" is="" the="" only="" connect="" by="" condition,="" then="" you="" should="" be="" using="" a="" table="" that="" has="" only="" one="" row,="" like="">

  You can generate a Table of counters (a result set, in fact) who has all the integers that you need and then join one.
  The next thread is an example:
  I don't don't want to mark in plsql

• SQL / PLSQL to split the string into pieces

  Hi all
  
  I have a problem of data conversion from the name of one table to another structure.
  
  for example
  
  SQL > desc names
  Name Null? Type
  ----------------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
  TITLE VARCHAR2 (5)
  FNAME VARCHAR2 (20)
  LNAME VARCHAR2 (20)
  
  SQL > Data desc
  Name Null? Type
  ----------------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
  FULLNAME VARCHAR2 (50)
  
  
  Insert in data values ("SIR I HAVE ONE NAME PARTICULARLY LONG INDEED");
  Insert in the data values ("MINE IS EVEN MORE, ENOUGH RIDICULEMENT so IN FACT");
  
  Essentially, I need to divide these names long, stored in the 1 field, in the above 3 fields. The trickiest part is however I want to do it in such a way so that if the 1st part of the name fits the 1 5 char field I want to do, otherwise I would divide between 2 fields - once again without splitting a string. The reason behind this is that application will automatically put a space between each field when they appear and I would avoid gaps in the names if possible.
  
  This baffled me a little if any help would be seriously great... it might not even be a go-er, as it might be too uneconomic with the amount of available space, but I would give it a shot.
  
  Thank you!
  Adam

  Hi, Adam.

  Use regular expressions:

  INSERT INTO names (title, fname, lname)
  SELECT  RTRIM (REGEXP_SUBSTR ( fullname
                            , '^.{1,5} '
                      )
             )
  ,     REGEXP_REPLACE ( fullname
                   , '(^.{1,5} )?'       ||     -- \1      = optional 1-5-letter word(s)
                         '(.{1,20})'       ||     -- \2       = 1-20 letters
                  '(( .*)|$)'          -- \3-\4 = space (plus anything) or end
                   , '\2'
                   )
  ,     REGEXP_REPLACE ( fullname
                   , '(^.{1,5} )?'       ||     -- \1      = optional 1-5-letter word(s)
                         '(.{1,20}( |$))' ||     -- \2-\3 = 1-20 letters and space or end
                         '(.{1,20})?'       ||     -- \4       = 0-20 letters
                  '(( .*)|$)'          -- \5       = space (plus anything) or end
                   , '\4'
                   )
  FROM     data_table          -- data is not a good name
  ;
  

  Published by: Frank Kulash, August 18, 2009 11:13
  Revised to manage long single word fullname

• split a string using any delimiter and display a table

  Hello

  I'm trying to split a delimited string and an array of the output results.

  I come from a background of .net and c# code I would use would be

  Dim myString As String = "mystring\r\nto\r\nsplit";

  String [] myString = mystring. Split (newchar [] {'\n', '\r'}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

  The code above have a line of muli on the input string (where the \r\n) and the output of a table with the following content

  'mystring '.

  « à »

  'split '.

  In addition, I would like to also support comma-delimited files.

  I used the string function

  "Spreadsheet String To Array" that works well enough for the lines of delimited by commas, but not when the delimiter is something funky like '\r\n '.

  

  vi.llb in the advanced channel folder there are some goodies that do not surrender to the Kroatiens

• Split a string at all times according to a delimiter

  Hello

  Can I please get help on this.

  I need to split the sub string as below: -.

  Entry - "AB@CD@EFG".

  Output:

  AB

  CD

  EFG

  Thank you

  with qry (STR) as)

  Select "AB@CD@EFG" from double

  )

  Select the level,

  regexp_substr (str, ' [^ @] +', 1, level) asplit

  of qry

  connect by level<= regexp_count(str,="" '@')="" +="">

  LEVEL	ASPLIT
  1	"AB".
  2	"CD".
  3	"EFG".

  Explanation of the regular expression:

  [^@]+

  • [^ @] + matches a single character not present in the list below
    • Quantifier: + between one and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving necessary [greedy]
    • @ the literal character @.

• Split the string number

  Hello

  I have string like below, and I want to divide and insert the numbers in another column.

  Example of

  ---------------

  test012345

  ABC] 9876

  Output should be as below so that once I am able to split can insert into 2 separate table columns

  test 012345

  ABC] 9876

  Try this

  with t as

  (

  Select 'test012345' c all the double union

  [Select ' abc] 9876' double

  )

  Select col1, col2 regexp_replace(c,'[^[:digit:]]') t regexp_replace(c,'[[:digit:]]')

  COL1 COL2

  ---------- ----------

  test 012345

  ABC] 9876

  2 selected lines.

• Split the string of specific character in cfscript

  Hi I want to split string (7 <>2, 3 6 0.6 <><>) by the individual (<>) of characters and store it in the table.. .as c# code:

  dataList whwre =<>7 2, 3 6 0.6 <><>

  String [] wordsStrings = Regex.Split (dataList, "<>");
  

  You want to use the function ListToArray in ColdFusion.  Treat the <> as a list separator.  The important part here is setting the last argument true, for the argument of multiCharacterDelimiter .

  dataList = ' 7<>2, 3<>6<>0.6;

  wordsStrings = listToArray (dataList, "<>", false, true);

• Split a string when a url is found

  Hello
  
  I am trying to find a URL within a string and it (the text before the link itself and the following text) divided into distinct parts. I tried the split (...) method, but never adds the URL as one of the parts of the split. Is it possible to do? That's what I'm currently using:

  public static List<String> findUrls(String input) {
       List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
       Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\(?\\b(http://|www[.])[-A-Za-z0-9+&@#/%?=~_()|!:,.;]*[-A-Za-z0-9+&@#/%=~_()|]");
       Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);
       while (matcher.find()) {
            result.add(matcher.group());
       }
       return result;
  }

  I can't understand how to split like that, but I tried this, which works, just not as I want (showing the first part, end of game and the link):

  public void findUrl(String input) {
          String[] test = input.split("\\(?\\b(http://|www[.])[-A-Za-z0-9+&@#/%?=~_()|!:,.;]*[-A-Za-z0-9+&@#/%=~_()|]");
          for (int i = 0; i < test.length; i++) {
               System.out.println(test);
  
  }
  
  }
  The output I get when doing the findUrl(...) method is:
  System.out.println (Regex.findUrl ("just testing http://www.google.com/ this split of the string"));
  is
  just test
  This string of split
  Any suggestions or help?
  
  Thanks,
  
  aeternaly                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  			 
  It's ugly, and I know there's a way easier and cleaner to do and I don't know if that's what you want, but you may be able to use it as a starting point:
  "xxx abc xxx def xxx xxx ghi jkl   xxx".split("((?<=xxx)\\s++)|(\\s++(?=xxx))")
  
  // gives
  
  ["xxx", "abc", "xxx", "def", "xxx", "xxx", "ghi jkl", "xxx"]
  
  where xxx is your URL scheme. You can keep the spaces around your matches to that model you rid of occurrences of {noformat} \\s++ {noformat}, but this also includes the empty string at the beginning of the sequence and the spaces between the consecutive games:
  ["", "xxx", " abc ", "xxx", " def ", "xxx", " ", "xxx", " ghi jkl   ", "xxx"]
  
  Also, I think that your URL scheme is too complex. Why not use something much more simple that will work in the majority of cases?
  pat = "(http://|www\\.)\\S++"
  input = "http://www.google.com/a/b?c=d&e=f abc www.bibblebobble.net def  ghi   www.bibblebobble.net    http://honkhonk";
  input.split(String.format("((?<=%s)\\s++)|(\\s++(?=%s))", pat, pat))
  
  Result: ["http://www.google.com/a/b?c=d&e=f", "abc", "www.bibblebobble.net", "def  ghi", "www.bibblebobble.net", "http://honkhonk"]
  
  Although I suspect that's what you were trying to do, but maybe you didn't know that you could use
  \S
  
  means "anything but a space" and
  +
  
  to mean "one or more".
  http://download.Oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/regex/
  http://www.regular-expressions.info/tutorial.html
  EDIT: I probably account for the https protocol and ignore case. Must be something like that, but I have not tested:
  pat = "(?i)(http(s?)://|www\\.)\\S++"
  
  Edited by: jverd August 6, 2011 14:09