How to separate specific elements in string java

Question

Example of what I want to do:
If you pass in \"abc|xyz\" as the first argument and \"|\" as the second argument the method returns List(\"abc

Answer 1

Try using the split method:

return Arrays.asList(string.split("\\|"));

The two backslashes are there because split accepts a regex, and | is a special character in regexes. Also, backslash is a special character in Java strings. So the first backslash escapes the second one, which escapes the |.

Arrays.asList will convert the array returned by split to a list.

Answer 2

Is it what you are looking for ??There is a predefined function in String class.Make use of it

 String original ="abc|xyz";
 String[] resulted =original.split("\\|");//returns a String array

Play with the resulted array here.

Good luck.

Answer 3

If you want to do this using characters...

1. Get the whole string
2. Read character by character into a new string
3. If you find the delimiter, add new string to list. Empty new string.
4. Repeat.