Using velocity split() to split a string into an array doesnt seem to work

Question

I HATE velocity and rarely ever use it but sometimes I am called upon at my job to do so. I can never really figure out just how to use it.

I have this

Answer 1

## Splitting by Pipes
#set($prodId = $product.productId)
#foreach($id in $prodId.split("[|]"))
$id
#end