Splitting an escaped string

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How do I split an escaped string?

For example, I have a string where \ is the escape character.

So if the string is:

abc def\:ghf : xyz

and I split it by :,

I'd want to return the strings

"abc def\:ghf"and "xyz".

Not "abc def\", "ghf" and "xyz".

Thanks,

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How do I split an escaped string?

For example, I have a string where \ is the escape character.

So if the string is:

abc def\:ghf : xyz

and I split it by :,

I'd want to return the strings

"abc def\:ghf"and "xyz".

Not "abc def\", "ghf" and "xyz".

String s = "abc def\\:ghf : xyz";
String[] parts = s.split("(?<!\\\\):");

seems to work.

Arne