simple code:

StringToSplit = "https://www.facebook.com/myprofile";
String delimiter = "\\\\"; //means: split on \
String[] splitted =StringToSplit.split(delimiter);


output:

https:
/
/www.facebook.com
/myprofile

why does it split on slash? WTF splitting on \ works like "AB\nC" .

This post was edited by Br0 on Jul 16 2012 04:43am

what exactly are you trying to do?

notice that if you want to split / you need to do something like: String test2[] = test.split("/");
and, if you need to split \ you need this: String test2[] = test.split("\\");

Here's why you need "\\\\" to split on \

String.split() takes a regular expression as an argument. Backslash is a special character in both regular expressions and java strings. If you want to match a backslash in a regular expression, you must use \\, and if you want to have a backslash in a java string you must have "\\".

So when you say String delimiter = "\\\\"; you are declaring that delimiter is a string representing the regular expression \\, which is the regular expression you need to match a single backslash.

got it, but in his case, he has // and not \\

try this:


and the result will be:



notice the blank space on index[1] of the array, because the double '/'

This post was edited by ZergOwnZ on Jul 16 2012 07:18am

prints out



This post was edited by PumblesMumbles on Jul 16 2012 07:34am

i think the main question is what he's trying to do with that

This lol