String.split() java not working -

String.split() java not working -

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why string.split need pipe delimiter escaped? 3 answers

i have string completestring

string completestring = "comp 30440 software engineering science project|20-credit module|is part of your(conversion) programme.deals creation of twitter sentiment analysis application";

i trying split string using

string[] array = completestring.split("|");

and when getting first element

string first = array[0];

i getting empty string. next 2 elements getting first letters i.e c , o (comp).

| needs escaped so

\\| should trick

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