...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*?"
it *almost* works, with:
(\s{1,}-\s{1,}|^\s*|\s*$|\s*--\s*|\s*\(\s*)
BUT if i add a condition for ')' it falls apart... this one *almost*
works too:
(\s*(\s{1,}-\s{1,}|--|,|\(|\))\s*?|^\s*|\s*$)
After 1/2 hour of regex hacking... I think I'll stick with a two step
process: split then trim ;)
