If you use split, it will return results with empty string if
"".split(",") // [""]"hello,".split(",") // ["hello", ""]Kotlin extension to split string and filter out empty string.
fun CharSequence.splitIgnoreEmpty(vararg delimiters: String): List<String> { return this.split(*delimiters).filter { it.isNotEmpty() }}"".splitIgnoreEmpty(",") // []"hello".splitIgnoreEmpty(",") // ["hello"]"hello,".splitIgnoreEmpty(",") // ["hello"]"hello,world".splitIgnoreEmpty(",") // ["hello", "world"]