Let\'s say have a string...
String myString = \"my*big*string*needs*parsing\";
All I want is to get an split the string into \"my\" , \"bi
You can also use a StringTokenizer.
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer("my*big*string*needs*parsing", "\*"); while (st.hasMoreTokens()) { System.out.println(st.nextToken()); }