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user3222372

Reputation: 382

Java split generates empty first string

There is path like this /root/folder1/subfolder1/subfolder2. Using split() method it generates empty first element. How can first empty string be avoided ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 39

Answers (1)

Andreas
Andreas

Reputation: 159086

Strip the leading / before calling split("/").

Use e.g. replaceFirst("^/", "") to do that.

Upvotes: 2

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