Regex patterns question

i have a string that has pieces of text separated by "|*|"..now i want to divide it usign Regex..but both * and | chars are "reserved keywords" as they are wildcards..how do i do say that i wanna split the text with the |*|? i am gettin error when i try to do that :(

Try "\|\*\|" or "\v\*\v"

ty all try it

worked very well :D