Problems with tokenize

Question

I have

def testStr = 'a:*b*c*d'

I want to get

tokens[0]=='a'
tokens[1]=='b*c*d'

I try

def tokens = testStr.tokenize(':*')

but get

tokens[0]=='a' 
tokens[1]=='b'
tokens[2]=='c'
tokens[3]=='d'

How can I do this thing

Answer 1

tokenize takes a list of possible tokens, so it's splitting on both : and *

You probably want split which takes a regular expression to split on (and returns a String[]):

def testStr = 'a:*b*c*d'

def tokens = testStr.split( /:\*/ )
assert tokens[ 0 ] == 'a'
assert tokens[ 1 ] == 'b*c*d'