converting a String into a String array in Java

Question

I simply cannot find how to do this. so, I have a String that will be something like this:

do this
then do that
then more of this

and I need to turn this into an array of strings. where every new line is needs to be a separate entry in the array. I need this done so I can process every line or command separately. I can't enter it directly into an array because this is loaded from a text document, and there is some code that removes comments and unnecessary empty lines, and a few more things with the string before it needs to become an array.

thanks in advance!

Answer 1

String s = "do this\nthen do that\nthen more of this";
String[] split = s.split("\n");

Answer 2

Try this:

string.split("(?m)\n");