SPLIT with \n Delimiter

Question

I need to split string with delimiter of \n when I use this code:

String delimiter = "\n";
String[] temp;
temp = description2[position].split(delimiter);
for (int i = 0; i < temp.length; i++) {
    holder.weeklyparty_text3.setSingleLine(false);
    holder.weeklyparty_text3.setText(temp[i]);
}

but not get split string from \n.

I never did this, but I would suggest, try String delimiter = "\\n"; — kosa, Jan 26 '12 at 16:49
01-26 02:24:32.611: INFO/System.out(418):\nAspen Social Club\nBar Basque\nCrimson\nForum\nLexicon\n — Nikunj Patel, Jan 26 '12 at 17:15
String tempStr = "\nAspen Social Club\nBar Basque\nCrimson\nForum\nLexicon\n"; String[] splitArr = tempStr.split("\n"); for(int i = 0; i — kosa, Jan 26 '12 at 18:48
and I got this Output: Split value is: Split value is: Aspen Social Club Split value is: Bar Basque Split value is: Crimson Split value is: Forum Split value is: Lexicon — kosa, Jan 26 '12 at 18:48
when i have split from \n into array i got correct array but when i set to textview it show only last position item. — Nikunj Patel, Jan 30 '12 at 16:07
Please post new question, with updated code and new issue. We can't extended discussion here. — kosa, Jan 30 '12 at 16:10

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 26 '12 at 16:49

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You need to escape the backslash in the delimiter string: "\\n"

answered Jan 26 '12 at 16:49

Pedantic

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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In order to support Unix and Windows new lines use:

String lines[] = String.split("\r?\n");

as described in:

Split Java String by New Line

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered Aug 24 '15 at 05:00

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 26 '12 at 16:50

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Split uses regex - so to split on a newline, you should use:

String delimiter = "\\n";

answered Jan 26 '12 at 16:50

Timothy Lee Russell

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Post the code that you are using to populate the description2 string array. If you are using a read line method, for instance, the \n might not be in your data. – Timothy Lee Russell Jan 26 '12 at 17:54

SPLIT with \n Delimiter

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