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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Organizing Data Splitting Strings

samuel bailey
samuel bailey
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Posted by samuel bailey
samuel bailey
6,911 Points

illegal escape character???

public String[] getWords() { return = mBody.split("\s+"); }

2 Answers

deckey
deckey
14,630 Points
deckey
deckey
14,630 Points

Hi Samuel, interpreter is reading \s as an escape character, which does not exist.

What you need to do is tell it to ignore the backslash by adding one more, with \\s

Oh, and there is no = for return statements, good luck!

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

Because Java strings use \ as an escape sequence for special characters in strings every time you need to use a \ in a regex you need to double it: \