string_splitter

Utility classes for splitting strings and files into parts. Supports streamed parsing for handling long strings and large files.

Usage

string_splitter has 2 libraries: string_splitter for parsing strings, and string_splitter_io for parsing files.

string_splitter

import 'package:string_splitter/string_splitter.dart';

StringSplitter is a utility class with 3 methods: split, stream, and chunk.

split and stream accept splitters, which defines the character(s) to split the strings at, and delimiters, which can be provided as a list of Strings and/or Delimiters, to denote blocks of text which shouldn't be parsed for splitters.

split

split synchronously splits the provided string at the providedsplitters and returns a List<String> containing the split parts.

Note: trimParts can be set to true to trim the whitespace around the returned parts.

final string = '1, 2, 3, 4, 5, <6, 7, 8>, 9, 10';

final stringParts = StringSplitter.split(
  string,
  splitters: [','],
  delimiters: [Delimiter('<', '>')],
  trimParts: true,
);

print(stringParts); // ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '<6, 7, 8>', '9', '10']

split can alternatively be used as an extension method on String.

final string = '1, 2, 3, 4, 5, <6, 7, 8>, 9, 10';

final stringParts = string.split(
  splitters: [','],
  delimiters: [Delimiter('<', '>')],
  trimParts: true,
);

print(stringParts); // ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '<6, 7, 8>', '9', '10']

stream

stream is intended for handling long strings; it splits the provided string into chunks, streaming the resulting List<String>s as each chunk is parsed.

chunkSize must be provided, which defines the number of characters to limit each chunk to.

final stream = StringSplitter.stream(
  string,
  chunkSize: 1000,
  splitters: [','],
  delimiters: [r'\'],
);

await for (List<String> parts in stream) {
  print(parts);
}

stream can alternatively be used as an extension method on String, referenced as splitStream.

final stream = string.splitStream(
  chunkSize: 1000,
  splitters: [','],
  delimiters: [r'\'],
);

await for (List<String> parts in stream) {
  print(parts);
}

chunk

chunk splits strings into chunks of a defined length, returned as a List<String>.

final chunks = StringSplitter.chunk(string, 1000);

chunk can alternatively be used as an extension method on String.

final chunks = string.chunk(1000);

string_splitter_io

import 'package:string_splitter/string_splitter_io.dart';

StringSplitterIo is a utility class with 3 methods: split, splitSync, and stream; they function the same as StringSplitter's methods, except they accept Files instead of Strings.

split

split asynchronously reads the provided File as a string and splits it apart at the provided splitters and returns a Future<List<String>> containing the split parts when the it completes.

final file = File('path/to/file');
final stringParts = await StringSplitterIo.split(
  file,
  splitters: [','],
  delimiters: [Delimiter('<', '>')],
  trimParts: true,
);

split can alternatively be used as an extension method on File.

final file = File('path/to/file');
final stringParts = await file.split(
  splitters: [','],
  delimiters: [Delimiter('<', '>')],
  trimParts: true,
);

splitSync

splitSync synchronously reads the provided File as a string and splits it apart, returning a List<String> containing the split parts.

final file = File('path/to/file');
final stringParts = StringSplitterIo.splitSync(
  file,
  splitters: [','],
  delimiters: [Delimiter('<', '>')],
  trimParts: true,
);

splitSync can alternatively be used as an extension method on File.

final file = File('path/to/file');
final stringParts = file.splitSync(
  splitters: [','],
  delimiters: [Delimiter('<', '>')],
  trimParts: true,
);

stream

stream is intended for splitting large files; it streams the contents of the provided File, splitting and returning the parsed chunks as they're read.

final file = File('path/to/file');
final stream = StringSplitterIo.stream(
  file,
  chunkSize: 1000,
  splitters: [','],
  delimiters: [r'\'],
);

await for (List<String> parts in stream) {
  print(parts);
}

stream can alternatively be used as an extension method on File, referenced as splitStream.

final file = File('path/to/file');
final stream = file.splitStream(
  chunkSize: 1000,
  splitters: [','],
  delimiters: [r'\'],
);

await for (List<String> parts in stream) {
  print(parts);
}

Libraries

string_splitter

string_splitter_io