Java tutorial
/* 0) AB 1) CD 2) EF 3) GH * */ import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils; public class SplitString { public static void main(String[] args) { //Split a String into an Array using # as seperator. String[] splitArr = StringUtils.split("AB#CD#EF#GH", "#"); for (int i = 0; i < splitArr.length; i++) { System.out.println(i + ") " + splitArr[i]); } } }