Updates

src/main/java/io/zipcoder/ItemParser.java

 package io.zipcoder;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 
 public class ItemParser {
 
      */
 
     public ArrayList<String> parseRawDataIntoStringArray(String rawData){
-        return null;
+        String stringPattern = "##";
+        ArrayList<String> response = splitStringWithRegexPattern(stringPattern , rawData);
+        return response;
     }
 
     public Item parseStringIntoItem(String rawItem) throws ItemParseException{
         return null;
     }
 
+    public ArrayList<String> findKeyValuePairsInRawItemData(String rawItem){
+        String stringPattern = ";";
+        ArrayList<String> response = splitStringWithRegexPattern(stringPattern , rawItem);
+        return response;
+    }
+
+    private ArrayList<String> splitStringWithRegexPattern(String stringPattern, String inputString){
+        return new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(inputString.split(stringPattern)));
+    }
+
 
 
 }

src/test/java/io/zipcoder/ItemParserTest.java

 
     private String rawSingleItem =    "naMe:Milk;price:3.23;type:Food;expiration:1/25/2016##";
 
+    private String rawSingleItemIrregularSeperatorSample = "naMe:MiLK;price:3.23;type:Food^expiration:1/11/2016##";
+
     private String rawBrokenSingleItem =    "naMe:Milk;price:3.23;type:Food;expiration:1/25/2016##";
 
     private String rawMultipleItems = "naMe:Milk;price:3.23;type:Food;expiration:1/25/2016##"
         itemParser.parseStringIntoItem(rawBrokenSingleItem);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void findKeyValuePairsInRawItemDataTest(){
+        Integer expected = 4;
+        Integer actual = itemParser.findKeyValuePairsInRawItemData(rawSingleItem).size();
+        assertEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void findKeyValuePairsInRawItemDataTestIrregular(){
+        Integer expected = 4;
+        Integer actual = itemParser.findKeyValuePairsInRawItemData(rawSingleItemIrregularSeperatorSample).size();
+        assertEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
 }