split string only on first instance - java

Question

I want to split a string by \'=\' charecter. But I want it to split on first instance only. How can I do that ? Here is a JavaScript example for \'_\' char but it doesn\'t w

Answer 1

This works:

public class Split
{
    public static void main(String...args)
    {
        String a = "%abcdef&Ghijk%xyz";
        String b[] = a.split("%", 2);
        
        System.out.println("Value = "+b[1]);
    }
}