[GitHub] commons-lang pull request: LANG-1124: Add StringUtils split by len...

[britter <gi...@git.apache.org>]

Github user britter commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/commons-lang/pull/75#discussion_r30060436
  
    --- Diff: src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java ---
    @@ -3277,6 +3277,164 @@ public static String substringBetween(final String str, final String open, final
             return list.toArray(new String[list.size()]);
         }
     
    +    /**
    +     * <p>Split a String into an array, using an array of fixed string lengths.</p>
    +     *
    +     * <p>If not null String input, the returned array size is same as the input lengths array.</p>
    +     *
    +     * <p>A null input String returns {@code null}.
    +     * A {@code null} or empty input lengths array returns an empty array.
    +     * A {@code 0} in the input lengths array results in en empty string.</p>
    +     *
    +     * <p>Extra characters are ignored (ie String length greater than sum of split lengths).
    +     * All empty substrings other than zero length requested, are returned {@code null}.</p>
    +     *
    +     * <pre>
    +     * StringUtils.splitByLength(null, *)      = null
    +     * StringUtils.splitByLength("abc")        = []
    +     * StringUtils.splitByLength("abc", null)  = []
    +     * StringUtils.splitByLength("abc", [])    = []
    +     * StringUtils.splitByLength("", 2, 4, 1)  = [null, null, null]
    --- End diff --
    
    According to ```StringUtils.split(String, char)```this should better return an empty array.


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