Oops! The \\ actually did work. It just let me get further into my code where I discovered "other errors".
I think I can work out of this problem but I would like to understand this subject better if anybody can shed any light in this direction. Thanks, John Brown On Sep 28, 1:54 pm, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 12:06 PM, john brown > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > What is the error in my understanding of the split() method? > > I don't have an actual answer for you, but I ran into the same issue where I > was trying to parse a server response string delimited by the pipe and it > failed miserably, as you've seen. The asterisk "*" was also a problem if I > recall correctly. > > I didn't investigate too thoroughly, but I think these (and probably others) > might be special characters in the split logic for regex stuff, but that's > just a guess. > > If you have control over the server, I'd say just use a different delimiter. > If you don't, you can do what I did and first replace the offending > character with something else you know will not exist in the string and > split on that. Lame, but it works. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
