read from a file

> > How do I read this : 14.05.2007 from a file and

> > display it

> > 14

> > 05

> > 2007?

> >

> > Thank you!

>

> 1) Read the data from the file as a string.

> 2) Split the string into elements at the periods.

> 3) Loop through the elements, displaying each element

> on a new line.

>

> ~

It must be opposite day, yawmark ;-)

Try:

1) Read the data from the file as a string.

2) For each line append the string ' "." + line ' to a string.

3) display the result.

jGardnera at 2007-7-29 13:58:47 >

> It must be opposite day, yawmark ;-)

?

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> Try:

>

> 1) Read the data from the file as a string.

> 2) For each line append the string ' "." + line ' to a string.

> 3) display the result.

I don't see how that would read "14.05.2007" from a file and display it "14\n05\n2007". Although this brings to mind a replaceAll() solution (which probably wouldn't be a good suggestion, given that the OP is confused about split())...

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yawmarka at 2007-7-29 13:58:47 >

String tmp = br.readLine();

while(tmp !=null){

String[] ss=tmp.split(".");

System.out.println(ss[0]);

System.out.println(ss[1]);

System.out.println(ss[2]);

}

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0

denisaa at 2007-7-29 13:58:47 >

> String[] ss=tmp.split(".");

The "." is a regular expression meaning "any character". When you split on any (well, every) character, you end up with an empty string array, which is why you get the ArrayIndexOutOfBounds. You'll need to 'escape' the period, like so:

String[] ss=tmp.split("\\.");

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yawmarka at 2007-7-29 13:58:47 >

> It works

> Thank you boys

Gald it works for you. You're welcome, girl(?).

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yawmarka at 2007-7-29 13:58:48 >