Why does a single channel symbol mix java split method?

Question

Try the following:

String[] = "abcde|12345|xyz".split("|");

The results will not be as expected (at least I ..).

Using any other character looks fine.

 String[] = "abcde,12345,xyz".split(",");

So what's so special about the pipe?

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javadba Sep 13 '13 at 4:37

2 answers

The split method expects a regular expression, and "|" is a special symbol in the world of regular expressions: http://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/java_string_split.htm

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Patrick collins Sep 13 '13 at 4:38

ced-b · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-13T04:44:19+0000

Java String.split () expects RegExp and the pipe character to have a special value in RegExps, except for a comma. Try the following:

 String[] = "abcde|12345|xyz".split("\\|");