September 2017 Update

Task/Multisplit/Kotlin/multisplit.kotlin

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+// version 1.0.6
+
+fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+    val input = "a!===b=!=c"
+    val delimiters = arrayOf("==", "!=", "=")
+    val output = input.split(*delimiters).toMutableList()
+    for (i in 0 until output.size) {
+        if (output[i].isEmpty()) output[i] = "empty string"
+        else output[i] = "\"" + output[i] + "\""
+    }
+    println("The splits are:")
+    println(output)
+
+    // now find positions of matched delimiters
+    val matches = mutableListOf<Pair<String, Int>>()
+    var index = 0
+    while (index < input.length) {
+        var matched = false
+        for (d in delimiters) {
+            if (input.drop(index).take(d.length) == d) {
+                matches.add(d to index)
+                index += d.length
+                matched = true
+                break
+            }
+        }
+        if (!matched) index++
+    }
+    println("\nThe delimiters matched and the indices at which they occur are:")
+    println(matches)
+}