problem with '\t' in java

[mickey]

Hello,
I'm reading a file line by line and I need to print it out but a strange thing:

String [] token = line.split("\\t");
.....
System.out.println( token[0] + '\t' + token[1] );

String [] token = line.split("\\t");
.....
System.out.println( token[0] + '\t' + token[1] );

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the otput is something about:

DDDDD        3333333 //if there are 5 characters appears many spaces
DDDD  3333333 //this should be ok
EEEEE         33333333

DDDDD        3333333 //if there are 5 characters appears many spaces
DDDD  3333333 //this should be ok
EEEEE         33333333

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why that? I need only a tab between them? thanks