Read text file with the same delimiter at the end

I have 2 problems with my loadTxt method.

1- I get the path as a file[].toString type from another method and the path look like this:

C:\files\texts\text1.txt

But I need the path with 2 backsplashes for nio.file.Path like this:

C:\\files\\texts\\text1.txt

2 - The second problem is with the loadtxt method. I think this is because of the same delimiter ";" at the end the text file I get a java.nio.charset.MalformedInputException: Input length = 1 .

public void loadTxt(String path)
{
	Path pathToFile = Paths.get("z:\\Filiallager_21_Regal_1.txt");
	try (BufferedReader br = Files.newBufferedReader(pathToFile,
            StandardCharsets.US_ASCII)) {
		
        String line = br.readLine();
        while (line != null) {
            String[] attributes = line.split(";");            
            line = br.readLine();    
        }
        
	}
	
	catch (IOException ioe) 
	{
        ioe.printStackTrace();
    }
}

My texts data look like this:

1;5;emitter;
2;7;jim;
3;2;ert;

When splitting using a delimiter it is best to test against the length of the array to ensure that you do not exceed its bounds:

String line = br.readLine();
while (line != null) {
    String[] attributes = line.split(";");   
    if (attributes.length > 3) {
        System.out.println (attributes[3]);
    }     
    line = br.readLine();    
}

or you could use a loop

for (int x = 0; x < attributes.length; x++)
{
    System.out.println (attributes[x]);
}

edit

As per the error reading your file, I think you are better off using a FileReader

BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("foo.txt"));

For Problem 1:
You can replace slash with double slash using path = path.replace("\\", "\\\\");

For Problem 2:

I really did not get what is the issue, I tried with your code and sample data and it is working fine for me. Either provide exception details or if the data you provided is correct or not.