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Scala program to convert multiline strings to an array

Here, we are going to learn how to convert a multiline string to an array in Scala programming language?
Submitted by Shivang Yadav, on April 08, 2020 [Last updated : March 10, 2023]

Scala | Multiline strings to an array

Scala programming language is employed in working with data logs and their manipulation. Data logs are entered into the code as a single string which might contain multiple lines of code and to work properly with this type of strings we need to convert multiline string to an array of single-line string in Scala.

Here, is the program that will be helpful to you in converting a multiline string to an array.

Scala code to convert multiline strings to an array

object myObject 
{ 
	def main(args:Array[String]) 
	{ 
	    val data = """This is a multiline 
string 
in Scala programming language"""
	    
        val dataArr = data.split("\n").filter(_ != "")
        
        println("Array conversion of the given multiline string is : ")
        for(i <- 0 to dataArr.length-1)
            println(dataArr(i))
        
	} 
} 

Output

Array conversion of the given multiline string is : 
This is a multiline 
string 
in Scala programming language

Explanation

To convert the given multiline string to an array. Here, we have used two methods: split and filter.

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