String split with Dot character not working

Question

I have a simple string with the value "45.7961887"

I want split this variable using the "." as separator.

But when split, the string array result is empty.

Now, with the split: Image with the split

You need to escape the . character because split takes a regEx as input and dot is meta character for Regular Expression /.. Read the link above . Also Android Studio has nothing to do with it neither Android .. its only Java basics ,, — ADM, May 27 '19 at 05:39

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 27 '19 at 05:34

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Did you escape the dot? string.split("\\.") or string.split("[.]")

answered May 27 '19 at 05:34

Maurice Perry

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