How to read lines from a file into an array in bash shell script

In this tutorial we used while loop for reading lines of a file into an array.

Bash introduced mapfile and readarray in version 4 which can take the place of the while read loop. This tutorial is for older version of bash.

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[saurabhlatambale]

That was a really great tutorial.. but I have a question what if I have data in file in pipe separated format how can we store that data in separate indices in array. For example My|name|is|ben. Now how can I store each word in new index. Please help if possible!