public class SplitStringDemo { public static void main(String args[]) { String[] fakeFileData = { "justin\t64/5/26\t0939002302\t5433343", "momor\t68/7/23\t0939100391\t5432343" }; for(String data : fakeFileData) { String[] tokens = data.split("\t"); for(String token : tokens) { System.out.print(token + "\t| "); } System.out.println(); } } }