Java String split() method returns unexpected length of string array

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String source = "s5 g900 sued_p033178672__.____ ____.__4.5cm"; // __ __ is not a delimiter 

String deli = "__.__"; // this is my separator string to split target

String[] splittedString = source.split(deli, -1);

splittedString.length; // I expected 3 but was 4

what should I do to split target string properly?

Alex · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-14 02:31:00Z

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String.split() takes a regular expression as its input. Therefore, . matches any characters, so "__ __" is treated as a delimiter as well.

To make it matches only "__.__", you need to escape the special character ., i.e.,

String deli = "__\\.__";

answered Nov 14, 2017 at 2:31

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