title: Illegal repetition
body: <pre><code>String[] parts = pptValue.split("{");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In my <code>pptValue</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>pptValue = EnvWDI{env}{client}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Caught: java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Illegal repetition
  {
  java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Illegal repetition
  {
      at java_lang_String$split.call(Unknown Source)
  </code></pre>