Name: rmT116609 Date: 06/10/2004


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.2_04"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_04-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_04-b05, mixed mode)

java version "1.5.0-beta2"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-beta2-b51)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0-beta2-b51, mixed mode, sharing)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
String.split method on the java.lang.String class failed to worked correctly for the | delimiter.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Split a string by using a pipe | delimiter.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
one
two
ACTUAL -

o
n
e
|
t
w
o

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
String test = "one|two";

String[] splits = test.split("|");

for(int i = 0; i < splits.length; i++) {
System.out.println(splits[i]);
}
    }
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
String test = "one|two";

StringTokenizer stok = new StringTokenizer(test, "|");

while(stok.hasMoreTokens()) {
System.out.println(stok.nextToken());
}
    }
}
(Incident Review ID: 276898)
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