split word without split()

Ninorin :

I managed to split a given word or sentence by a certain symbol, now I'm wondering if I can do this with multiple symbols as a string. For example if I had ("1+1=2"), and try to split it by("+=")?

I thought about declaring symbol as a String and then put the loop that I already have in another one so that ever character in word would be tested for every character in symbol, but to be honest it confuses me.

^-^ I'm thankful for any advice.

public static void splitBySymbol() {

    int i = 0;

    while (i < word.length()) {

      if (word.charAt(i) == symbol) {

          System.out.println( word.substring(0,i)); ;

          word = word.substring(i + 1);

          i = -1;

      }

      i++;
    }


}

Johnny Mopp :

If you just want to print the parts, you can:

public static void splitBySymbol(String word, String symbols)
{
    // Check each char
    for (int i = 0; i < word.length(); i++) {
        // Get the current char and convert to string (for contains())
        String c = Character.toString(word.charAt(i));
        // If it is a delimeter, print a new line
        if (symbols.contains(c)) {
            System.out.println();
        }
        // Otherwise, print the char
        else {
            System.out.print(c);
        }
    }
}