split by "|" operator in Java

Question

I want to split a string by | in java but as split function in java accepts regular expressions and | means or operator, I am not sure what I should provide the split function with?

Answer 1

Provide escape sequence before |, something like this : \\|

String str = "abc|pqr";
String[] split=str.split("\\|");

Answer 2

You can escape the String with Pattern.quote(String s); before passing it to the split() method