The limit parameter can have 3 values 

 limit > 0 – If this is the case, then the pattern will be applied at most limit-1 times,
the resulting array’s length will not be more than n, and the resulting array’s last
entry will contain all input beyond the last matched pattern.
 limit < 0 – In this case, the pattern will be applied as many times as possible, and
the resulting array can be of any size.
 limit = 0 – In this case, the pattern will be applied as many times as possible, the
resulting array can be of any size, and trailing empty strings will be discarded.
Here’s how it works:
Let the string that is to be split is – geekss@for@geekss
Regex   Limit   Result

@ 2 {“geekss”, ”for@geekss”}

@ 5 {“geekss”, ”for”, ”geekss”} 

@ -2 {“geekss”, ”for”, ”geekss”}

s   5 {“geek”, ”“, “@for@geek”, “”, “”}

s   -2 {“geek”, ” “, ” “, “@for@geek”, “”, “”}

s   0 {“geek”, ””, ”@for@geek”}

Following are the Java example codes to demonstrate the working of split()
 
Example 1:
 Java

// Java program to demonstrate working of split(regex,

// limit) with small limit.

public class GFG {

  

    // Main driver method

    public static void main(String args[])

    {

        // Custom input string

        String str = "geekss@for@geekss";

        String[] arrOfStr = str.split("@", 2);

        for (String a : arrOfStr)

            System.out.println(a);

    }

Output
geekss
for@geekss
Example 2:  
 Java

// Java program to demonstrate working of split(regex,

// limit) with high limit.

public class GFG {

     public static void main(String args[])

    {

        String str = "geekss@for@geekss";

        String[] arrOfStr = str.split("@", 5);

        for (String a : arrOfStr)

            System.out.println(a);

    }

Output
geekss
for
geekss
Example 3:  
 Java

// Java program to demonstrate working of split(regex,

// limit) with negative limit.

public class GFG {

    public static void main(String args[])

    {
         String str = "geekss@for@geekss";

        String[] arrOfStr = str.split("@", -2);

        for (String a : arrOfStr)

            System.out.println(a);

    }

Output
geekss
for
geekss
Example 4:  
 Java

// Java program to demonstrate working of split(regex,

// limit) with high limit.

public class GFG {

    public static void main(String args[])

    {

        String str = "geekss@for@geekss";

        String[] arrOfStr = str.split("s", 5);

  

        for (String a : arrOfStr)

            System.out.println(a);

    }

Output
geek

@for@geek

Example 5:  
 Java

// Java program to demonstrate working of split(regex,

// limit) with negative limit.

public class GFG {

    public static void main(String args[])

    {

        String str = "geekss@for@geekss";

        String[] arrOfStr = str.split("s", -2);

  

        for (String a : arrOfStr)

            System.out.println(a);

    }

Output
geek

@for@geek

Example 6:  
 Java

// Java program to demonstrate working of split(regex,

// limit) with 0 limit.

public class GFG {

    public static void main(String args[])

    {

        String str = "geekss@for@geekss";

         String[] arrOfStr = str.split("s", 0);

        for (String a : arrOfStr)

            System.out.println(a);

    }

Output
geek

@for@geek

2. public String[] split(String regex)

This variant of the split method takes a regular expression as a parameter and breaks the
given string around matches of this regular expression regex. Here, by default limit is 0.
Parameters
regex – a delimiting regular expression
Returns
An array of strings is computed by splitting the given string.
Exception Thrown
PatternSyntaxException – if the provided regular expression’s syntax is invalid.  
Here are some working example codes:
 
Example 1:
 Java

// Java program to demonstrate working of split()

public class GFG {

     public static void main(String args[])

    {

        String str

            = "GeeksforGeeks:A Computer Science Portal";

        String[] arrOfStr = str.split(":");

        for (String a : arrOfStr)

            System.out.println(a);

    }

Output
GeeksforGeeks
A Computer Science Portal
Example 2:
 Java

// Java program to demonstrate working of split()

public class GFG {

    public static void main(String args[])

    {

        String str = "GeeksforGeeksforStudents";

         String[] arrOfStr = str.split("for");

        for (String a : arrOfStr)

            System.out.println(a);

    }

Output
Geeks
Geeks
Students
It can be seen in the above example that the pattern/regular expression “for” is applied
twice (because “for” is present two times in the string to be split)
Example 3:  
 Java

// Java program to demonstrate working of split()

public class GFG {

    public static void main(String args[])

    {

        String str = "Geeks for Geeks";

        String[] arrOfStr = str.split(" ");

 
         for (String a : arrOfStr)

            System.out.println(a);

    }

Output
Geeks
for
Geeks
Example 4:
 Java

// Java program to demonstrate working of split()

public class GFG {

    public static void main(String args[])

    {

        String str = "Geeks.for.Geeks";

        String[] arrOfStr

            = str.split("[.]"); // str.split("."); will give

                                // no output...

        for (String a : arrOfStr)

             System.out.println(a);

    }

Output
Geeks
for
Geeks
 Example 5: 
 Java

// Java program to demonstrate working of split()

public class GFG {

    public static void main(String args[])

    {

        String str = "Geekssss";

        String[] arrOfStr = str.split("s");

        for (String a : arrOfStr)

            System.out.println(a);

    }

}
 Output
Geek
In the above example, trailing empty strings are not included in the resulting array
arrOfStr.
Example 6:  
 Java

// Java program to demonstrate working of split()

public class GFG {

    // Main driver method

    public static void main(String args[])

    {

        String str = "GeeksforforGeeksfor   ";

        String[] arrOfStr = str.split("for");

        for (String a : arrOfStr)

            System.out.println(a);

    }

Output
Geeks
 Geeks

In the above example, the trailing spaces (hence not empty string) become a string in
the resulting array arrOfStr.
 
Example 7:  
 Java

// Java program to demonstrate working of split()

// using regular expressions

public class GFG {

    public static void main(String args[])

    {

        String str = "word1, word2 word3@word4?word5.word6";

        String[] arrOfStr = str.split("[, ?.@]+");

        for (String a : arrOfStr)

            System.out.println(a);

    }

Output
word1
word2
word3
word4
word5
word6
In the above example, words are separated whenever either of the characters specified
in the set is encountered.
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