Android Question Regex split

i have this following text

Code:

dim data as string = "Marten~Samuel~~~Martha~"
dim parser() As String

parser = Regex.Split("\~", data)

i expect to get Length of 5 , but i got Length of 3

why the empty ~ doesn't count in the parser ?

 

Code:

Dim data As String = "Marten~Samuel~~~Martha~"
    Dim parser() As String

    parser = Regex.Split("~", data)
    Log($"Splitted Size: ${parser.Length} "$)
    For i= 0 To parser.Length-1
       Log($"Val #${i}=${parser(i)}"$)
   Next

Logs a size of 5 like i was expecting where #2 and #3 are empty.

 

weird i think something wrong with my text formatting i was shocked