String split
public class StyleSplitExample { public static void main(String args[]) { String phrase1 = "but simple justice, not charity"; strengthenSentence(phrase1); String phrase2 = "but that I love Rome more, not that I love Caesar less"; strengthenSentence(phrase2); String phrase3 = "ask what you can do for your country, ask not what your " + "country can do for you"; strengthenSentence(phrase3); } public static String strengthenSentence(String sentence) { String retval = null; String[] tokens = null; String splitPattern = ","; tokens = sentence.split(splitPattern); if (tokens == null) { String msg = " NO MATCH: pattern:" + sentence + "\r\n regex: " + splitPattern; } else { retval = tokens[1] + ", " + tokens[0]; System.out.println("BEFORE: " + sentence); System.out.println("AFTER : " + retval + "\n"); } return retval; } }