Split string with | separator in java

Question

I have a string that\'s like this: 1|\"value\"|;

I want to split that string and have chosen | as the separator.

My code looks like

Answer 1

It won't work this way, because you have to escape the Pipe | first. The following sample code, found at (http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0438.html) shows an example.

public class StringSplit {
  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception{
    String testString = "Real|How|To";
    // bad
    System.out.println(java.util.Arrays.toString(
        testString.split("|")
    ));
    // output : [, R, e, a, l, |, H, o, w, |, T, o]

    // good
    System.out.println(java.util.Arrays.toString(
      testString.split("\\|")
    ));
    // output : [Real, How, To]
  }
}