Java: split() method with pipe special character

Question

I have a String = \"Hello-new-World\". And when i use the split() method with different regex values, it acts differently.

String str = \"Hello-new-world\"
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Answer 1

Presumably you're splitting on "|" in the second case - and | has a special meaning within regular expressions. If you want to split on the actual pipe character, you should escape it:

String[] bits = whole.split(Pattern.quote("|"));