How to parse a string in Groovy?

Question

Java

You need to parse a string like arg1-arg2:arg3/arg4-arg5:arg6-arg7-arg8. What is the best way to parse a string into arguments?

Answer 1

def s = 'arg1-arg2:arg3/arg4-arg5:arg6-arg7-arg8'
def tokens = s.tokenize('-:/')