diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-6/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-6/pom.xml
index ddbb5d0e40..0ec32d91b1 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-6/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-6/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,16 @@
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
             <version>${apache.commons-lang.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmh-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${jmh.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmh-generator-annprocess</artifactId>
+            <version>${jmh.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -38,6 +47,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <apache.commons-lang.version>3.12.0</apache.commons-lang.version>
+        <jmh.version>1.36</jmh.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-6/src/test/java/com/baeldung/digitsandnondigits/BenchmarkLiveTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-6/src/test/java/com/baeldung/digitsandnondigits/BenchmarkLiveTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c5c8101f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-6/src/test/java/com/baeldung/digitsandnondigits/BenchmarkLiveTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package com.baeldung.digitsandnondigits;
+
+import static com.baeldung.digitsandnondigits.SplitDigitsAndNondigitsUnitTest.parseString;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Fork;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Param;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Threads;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Warmup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.infra.Blackhole;
+
+@State(Scope.Benchmark)
+@Threads(1)
+@BenchmarkMode(Mode.Throughput)
+@Fork(warmups = 1, value = 1)
+@Warmup(iterations = 2, time = 10, timeUnit = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+@OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+public class BenchmarkLiveTest {
+    private static final String INPUT = "01Michael Jackson23Michael Jordan42Michael Bolton999Michael Johnson000";
+
+    @Param({ "10000" })
+    public int iterations;
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void regexBased(Blackhole blackhole) {
+        blackhole.consume(INPUT.split("(?<=\\D)(?=\\d)|(?<=\\d)(?=\\D)"));
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void nonRegexBased(Blackhole blackhole) {
+        blackhole.consume(parseString(INPUT));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void benchmark() throws Exception {
+        String[] argv = {};
+        org.openjdk.jmh.Main.main(argv);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-6/src/test/java/com/baeldung/digitsandnondigits/SplitDigitsAndNondigitsUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-6/src/test/java/com/baeldung/digitsandnondigits/SplitDigitsAndNondigitsUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55e0e48070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-6/src/test/java/com/baeldung/digitsandnondigits/SplitDigitsAndNondigitsUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package com.baeldung.digitsandnondigits;
+
+import static com.baeldung.digitsandnondigits.SplitDigitsAndNondigitsUnitTest.State.INIT;
+import static com.baeldung.digitsandnondigits.SplitDigitsAndNondigitsUnitTest.State.PARSING_DIGIT;
+import static com.baeldung.digitsandnondigits.SplitDigitsAndNondigitsUnitTest.State.PARSING_NON_DIGIT;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class SplitDigitsAndNondigitsUnitTest {
+    private static final String INPUT1 = "01Michael Jackson23Michael Jordan42Michael Bolton999Michael Johnson000";
+    private static final String[] EXPECTED1 = new String[] { "01", "Michael Jackson", "23", "Michael Jordan", "42", "Michael Bolton", "999", "Michael Johnson", "000" };
+    private static final List<String> EXPECTED_LIST1 = Arrays.asList(EXPECTED1);
+
+    private static final String INPUT2 = "Michael Jackson01Michael Jordan23Michael Bolton42Michael Johnson999Great Michaels";
+    private static final String[] EXPECTED2 = new String[] { "Michael Jackson", "01", "Michael Jordan", "23", "Michael Bolton", "42", "Michael Johnson", "999", "Great Michaels" };
+    private static final List<String> EXPECTED_LIST2 = Arrays.asList(EXPECTED2);
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingLookaroundRegex_thenGetExpectedResult() {
+        String splitRE = "(?<=\\D)(?=\\d)|(?<=\\d)(?=\\D)";
+        String[] result1 = INPUT1.split(splitRE);
+        assertArrayEquals(EXPECTED1, result1);
+
+        String[] result2 = INPUT2.split(splitRE);
+        assertArrayEquals(EXPECTED2, result2);
+    }
+
+    enum State {
+        INIT, PARSING_DIGIT, PARSING_NON_DIGIT
+    }
+
+    static List<String> parseString(String input) {
+        List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
+        int start = 0;
+        State state = INIT;
+        for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
+            if (input.charAt(i) >= '0' && input.charAt(i) <= '9') {
+                if (state == PARSING_NON_DIGIT) {
+                    result.add(input.substring(start, i));
+                    start = i;
+                }
+                state = PARSING_DIGIT;
+            } else {
+                if (state == PARSING_DIGIT) {
+                    result.add(input.substring(start, i));
+                    start = i;
+                }
+                state = PARSING_NON_DIGIT;
+            }
+        }
+        result.add(input.substring(start));
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenCheckEachChar_thenGetExpectedResult() {
+        List<String> result1 = parseString(INPUT1);
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_LIST1, result1);
+
+        List<String> result2 = parseString(INPUT2);
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_LIST2, result2);
+    }
+}
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