splitSentence function

List<String> splitSentence(String sentence, List<String> keywords, { bool all = false, String space = '', })

Split the sentence given by the list of words without lost that words.

Args: sentence (String): the sentence to split. keywords (List<String>): the list of keywords where the sentence will be splitted. count (int, optional): Number of splits of every coincidence. Defaults to 0. space (String, optional): take spaces in count to the left or right of every word. Defaults to ''. Options: left, right, both

Returns: List<String>: the list of sentence splitted from the original.

Implementation

List<String> splitSentence(String sentence, List<String> keywords,
    {bool all = false, String space = ''}) {
  for (var word in keywords) {
    switch (space) {
      case 'left':
        word = _addSpaceLeft(word);
        break;
      case 'right':
        word = _addSpaceRight(word);
        break;
      case 'both':
        word = _addSpaceBoth(word);
        break;
      default:
        break;
    }

    final replacement = '|${word.trimLeft()}';
    if (all) {
      sentence = sentence.replaceAll(word, replacement);
    } else {
      sentence = sentence.replaceFirst(word, replacement);
    }
  }

  return sentence.split('|');
}