Processing Large Files in Java, Variation 1

ReadFileJavaApplicationBufferedReader.diff01.java

--- ReadFileJavaApplicationBufferedReader0.java
+++ ReadFileJavaApplicationBufferedReader1.java
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
                // System.out.println(readLine);
 
                // get all the names
-               String array1[] = readLine.split("\\s*\\|\\s*");
-               String name = array1[7];
+               String array1[] = readLine.split("\\|", 9);
+               String name = array1[7].strip();
                names.add(name);
                if(indexes.contains(lines)){
                        System.out.println("Name: " + names.get(lines - 1) + " at index: " + (lines - 1));
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
                        }
                }
 
-               String rawDate = array1[4];
+               String rawDate = array1[4].strip();
                String month = rawDate.substring(4,6);
                String year = rawDate.substring(0,4);
                String formattedDate = month + "-" + year;