Question

I am trying to use simple split() method but the output I am getting is not Correct .I am using this code:

        question = newobject.ACTIVITY_LIST_OF_QUESTIONS.split("|");

where the newobject.ACTIVITY_LIST_OF_QUESTIONS contains 1|2|8|11|4|5|6|14|15|16|13|17|7|9|12|10 as a String so I must be getting each number in array index.

But instead of that I am getting output-

       1
       |
       2
       |
       8

Please help If someone had the same problem?

Answer 1

You need to escape | as \\|. Your regex is being interpreted as “empty string or empty string”, so each position matches.