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Old 08-12-2008, 03:09 PM
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Hi All,
Is it possible to use the following syntax in java

text.split(".");

the code does not recognises (splits) by using the Dot

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Is there an escape char you can use?
YOU need to escape at two levels, once for the compiler and once for the regex.
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This is possible,
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text.split("\\.");
As Norm says you have to deal with regular expressions as well.
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This applies to other symbols like ; or | if used in split() function.
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Actually for any reg expression formatted well.
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