Method split

src/java/org/apache/nutch/util/Bytes.java:1200–1210

Split passed range. Expensive operation relatively. Uses BigInteger math. Useful splitting ranges for MapReduce jobs. @param a Beginning of range @param b End of range @param num Number of times to split range. Pass 1 if you want to split the range in two; i.e. o

(final byte[] a, final byte[] b, final int num)

   * @return Array of dividing values
   */
  public static byte[][] split(final byte[] a, final byte[] b, final int num) {
    byte[][] ret = new byte[num + 2][];
    int i = 0;
    Iterable<byte[]> iter = iterateOnSplits(a, b, num);
    if (iter == null)
      return null;
    for (byte[] elem : iter) {
      ret[i++] = elem;
    }
    return ret;
  }

  /**
   * Iterate over keys within the passed inclusive range.