I have the following text: ARIYALUR:ARIYALUR|CHENNAI:CHENNAI|COIMBATORE:COIMBATORE|CUDDALORE:CUDDALORE|DINDIGUL:DINDIGUL|ERODE:ERODE|KANCHEEPURAM:KANCHEEPURAM|KANYAKUMARI:KANYAKUMARI|KRISHNAGIRI:KRISHNAGIRI|MADURAI:MADURAI|NAMAKKAL:NAMAKKAL|NILGIRIS:NILGIRIS|PERAMBALUR:PERAMBALUR|PONDICHERRY:PONDICHERRY|SALEM:SALEM|THANJAVUR:THANJAVUR|THENI:THENI|THIRUVALLUR:THIRUVALLUR|THOOTHUKUDI:THOOTHUKUDI|TIRUNELVELI:TIRUNELVELI|VELLORE:VELLORE|VILLUPURAM:VILLUPURAM|VIRUDHUNAGAR:VIRUDHUNAGAR| I tried to do a split("|") but my array is made up of alphabets and not each district. Please help.