String parsing in Java with delimiter tab “\t” using split

Question

I\'m processing a string which is tab delimited. I\'m accomplishing this using the split function, and it works in most situations. The problem occurs when a f

Answer 1

I just had the same question and noticed the answer in some kind of tutorial. In general you need to use the second form of the split method, using the

split(regex, limit)

Here is the full tutorial http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0438.html

If you set some negative number for the limit parameter you will get empty strings in the array where the actual values are missing. To use this your initial string should have two copies of the delimiter i.e. you should have \t\t where the values are missing.

Hope this helps :)