Alternative to StringTokenizer

[Bhushan Shete]

Is there any alternative ( other than substring ) that can be used instead of StringTokenizer ???
Actually, I am facing a problem with StringTokenizer. If I have a string with a character '=' in it, then the following code results in false tokens :
StringTokenizer valToken = new StringTokenizer(val,"==>");
while(valToken.hasMoreTokens())
{
valno = valToken.nextToken();
valdate= valToken.nextToken();
}

[Frank Carver]

This is not really a servlets and JSP question, so I've moved it to Java in General (intermediate)