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Escape special character with a \

      

\ is a special character, escape it again with another \


public class Main {
  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
    String s = "|A|BB||CCC|||";
    String[] words = s.split("\\|");
    for (String string : words) {
      System.out.println(string);
    }
  }
}
/*

A
BB

CCC
*/








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