how to split a string into several blocks of characters?

Question

I have a string that came from an array called fld[1].tostring. When i try and split this string which returns "|R1|R2|R3" on the | it splits it into each character. what am i doing wrong?

Answer 1

The split method accepts regular expressions. The pipe character is used to denote a logical or in Java regular expressions. Escape the character with a backslash to split on it.

For example:

String s = "|R1|R2|R3";
String[] a = s.split("\\|");

Answer 2

Vertical bar "|" is special character. and String.split() need a regualar expression. try escaping it and treating it as special char:

fld[1].split("\\|");