Java split on ^ (caret?) not working, is this a special character?

Question

In Java, I am trying to split on the ^ character, but it is failing to recognize it. Escaping \\^ throws code error.

Is this a special char

Answer 1

None of the above answers makes no sense. Here is the right explanation.

1. As we all know, ^ doesn't need to be escaped in Java String.
2. As ^ is special charectar in RegulalExpression , it expects you to pass in \^
3. How do we make string \^ in java? Like this String splitstr = "\\^";