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StringTokenizer Class in Java
Last Updated : 08 Jan, 2024
StringTokenizer class in Java is used to break a string into tokens. A
StringTokenizer object internally maintains a current position within the string to
be tokenized. Some operations advance this current position past the characters
processed.

A token is returned by taking a substring of the string that was used to create the
StringTokenizer object. It provides the first step in the parsing process often
called lexer or scanner.

Java String Tokenization

The String Tokenizer class allows an application to break strings into tokens. It
implements the Enumeration interface. This class is used for parsing data. To use
the String Tokenizer class we have to specify an input string and a string that
contains delimiters. Delimiters are the characters that separate tokens. Each
character in the delimiter string is considered a valid delimiter. Default
delimiters are whitespaces, new lines, spaces, and tabs.

Illustration:

stringtokenizer

Constructors of StringToken
Let us consider ‘str’ as the string to be tokenized. In that case we have three
constructor cases as mentioned below:

Constructor

Description

StringTokenizer(String str)

Default delimiters like newline, space, tab, carriage return, and form feed.

StringTokenizer(String str, String delim)

delim is a set of delimiters that are used to tokenize the given string.

StringTokenizer(String str, String delim, boolean flag)

The first two parameters have the same meaning wherein The flag serves the
following purpose.

Cases of StringToken Constructors

1. If the flag is false, delimiter characters serve to separate tokens

Example:

Input : if string --> "hello geeks" and Delimiter is " ", then
Output: tokens are "hello" and "geeks".
2. If the flag is true, delimiter characters are considered to be tokens.

Example:

Input : String --> is "hello geeks"and Delimiter is " ", then

Output: Tokens --> "hello", " " and "geeks".
3. Multiple delimiters can be chosen for a single string.

Example:

Syntax: StringTokenizer st1 = new StringTokenizer( "2+3-1*8/4", "+*-/");

Input : String --> is "2+3-1*8/4" and Delimiters are +,*,-,/

Output: Tokens --> "2","3","1","8","4".
Examples of Java String Tokenizer Constructors

// Java Program to implement

// Java String Tokenizer Constructors
import java.util.*;

// Driver Class
class GFG {
// main function
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Constructor 1
System.out.println("Using Constructor 1 - ");

// Creating object of class inside main() method

StringTokenizer st1 = new StringTokenizer(
"Hello Geeks How are you", " ");

// Condition holds true till there is single token

// remaining using hasMoreTokens() method
while (st1.hasMoreTokens())
// Getting next tokens
System.out.println(st1.nextToken());

// Constructor 2
System.out.println("Using Constructor 2 - ");

// Again creating object of class inside main()

// method
StringTokenizer st2 = new StringTokenizer(
"JAVA : Code : String", " :");

// If tokens are present

while (st2.hasMoreTokens())

// Print all tokens

System.out.println(st2.nextToken());

// Constructor 3
 System.out.println("Using Constructor 3 - ");

// Again creating object of class inside main()

// method
StringTokenizer st3 = new StringTokenizer(
"JAVA : Code : String", " :", true);

while (st3.hasMoreTokens())
System.out.println(st3.nextToken());
}
}
Output
Using Constructor 1 -
Hello
Geeks
How
are
you
Using Constructor 2 -
JAVA
Code
String
Using Constructor 3 -
JAVA

Code

String

Methods Of StringTokenizer Class

Method Action Performed
countTokens() Returns the total number of tokens present
hasMoreToken() Tests if tokens are present for the StringTokenizer’s string
nextElement() Returns an Object rather than String
hasMoreElements() Returns the same value as hasMoreToken
nextToken() Returns the next token from the given StringTokenizer.
Example of Methods of StringTokenizer Class
Below is the implementation of Methods:

// Java Program to implement

//
import java.util.*;

// Driver Class
class GFG {
// main function
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Creating a StringTokenizer
StringTokenizer str = new StringTokenizer(
"Welcome to GeeksforGeeks");

StringTokenizer temp = new StringTokenizer("");

 // countTokens Method
int count = str.countTokens();
System.out.println(count);

// hasMoreTokens Methods
System.out.println("Welcome to GeeksforGeeks: "+str.hasMoreTokens());
System.out.println("(Empty String) : "+temp.hasMoreTokens());

// nextElement() Method
System.out.println("\nTraversing the String:");

while(str.hasMoreTokens()){
System.out.println(str.nextElement());
}

}
}
Output
3
Welcome to GeeksforGeeks: true
(Empty String) : false

Traversing the String:

Welcome
to
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