String split Java not working

Question

I have tried split with some other texts, its working fine there but not here. Can someone tell me what I did wrong here?

private static String fileName = "jjjj.txt";

private static String userName = "xxxx";
private static String password = "yyyy";
public static void main(String args[]){

    String info = "UserName" +"|"+ userName + "|" + password + "|" + fileName;
    String tempStr[] = info.split("|");
    System.out.println(tempStr[0]);
    System.out.println(tempStr[1]);
    System.out.println(tempStr[2]);
    System.out.println(tempStr[3]);
}

I am getting output as :

U
s
e

What should I do to get the output as:

UserName
xxxx
yyyy
jjjj.txt

Why would you even build a string and then split it? You can simply use `tempStr[] = {"UserName", userName, password, fileName};`. Or at least use different delimiter. — Marko Gresak, Oct 25 '14 at 22:42

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '14 at 22:36

6

You have to escape the | in your regular expression. This should work:

String tempStr[] = info.split("\\|");

answered Oct 25 '14 at 22:36

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