: probably.... I'm just not very good at regex ;)
:
: pattern="--|,|\s-\s|\(|\)"
:
: this will split on "--", " - ", "(", and ")". I can't figure out how to
: build the pattern so it will trim each thing on the way out.
just make sure you match the whitespace in the pattern, you're already
doing that for the single "-" case, something like this should work but
i haven't tested it...
pattern="\s*(-|--|,|\(|\))\s*"
...oh, hmm ... you only want to split on - if it has a space on both sides
huh? does java regex have a "don't be greedy option?" ... javadocs say
yes (they call it "Reluctant" vs "greedy" so try something like this...
pattern="\s*?(\s-\s|--|,|\(|\))\s*?"
-Hoss
