Bug? Regex.split Difference between B4A and B4J?

[jmon]

Hello,

I bumped into something weird. The Regex.split apparently behaves differently between B4J and B4A.

Please try this in B4A and B4J:

Dim Name As String = "Robert"
Dim Letters() As String = Regex.Split("", Name)   
   
For i = 0 To letters.Length -1
    Log("Letter " & i & " = " & Letters(i))
Next

In B4J, I get this in the log (which I consider correct):

Letter 0 = R
Letter 1 = o
Letter 2 = b
Letter 3 = e
Letter 4 = r
Letter 5 = t

Note that letter 0 is 'R'

but in B4A I get that:

Letter 0 =
Letter 1 = R
Letter 2 = o
Letter 3 = b
Letter 4 = e
Letter 5 = r
Letter 6 = t

Note that letter 0 is ''

I found that because I usually test my code on B4J. i'm using B4A 3.82 and B4J 2.20. It is a bug?

Thank you,
jmon

 

[Erel]

It is wrong to split on an empty string. You should instead use Name.CharAt.

 

[jmon]

It is wrong to split on an empty string. You should instead use Name.CharAt.

Thanks,
I'll try that. I am trying to have all the letters in an array, so your method will work.