How to split a string into sentences that are strings?

Question

For one of my projects I need to split paragraphs into sentences. I have already found that you can use the following code to break the paragraph(s) into different sentences then print them:

BreakIterator iterator = BreakIterator.getSentenceInstance(Locale.US);
iterator.setText(content);
int start = iterator.first();
for (int end = iterator.next();
    end != BreakIterator.DONE;
    start = end, end = iterator.next()) {
System.out.println(content.substring(start,end));

Where the variable 'content' is a predefined variable.

However, I would like to have the broken down sentences to be strings so that I can continue using them.

How would I do this? I think it may have something to do with a string array. Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

I've never used BreakIterator, I assume you want it for locale purposes (FYI: here and here). Either way, you can keep the sentences in an array or List, as you've mentioned.

BreakIterator iterator = BreakIterator.getSentenceInstance(Locale.US);
iterator.setText(content);
int start = iterator.first();

List<String> sentences = new ArrayList<String>();
for (int end = iterator.next(); end != BreakIterator.DONE; start = end, end = iterator.next()) {
    //System.out.println(content.substring(start,end));
    sentences.add(content.substring(start,end));
}