Why does .split(“\\”) generate an exception?

Question

I have a String representing a directory, where \\ is used to separate folders. I want to split based on \"\\\\\":

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Answer 1

You need to use \\\\ instead of \\.

The backslash(\) is an escape character in Java Strings.If you want to use backslash as a literal you have to type \\\\ ,as \ is also a escape character in regular expressions.

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