find the word
im trying to make the FIND& REPLACE functions of the any Notepad
i used fo FIND :
// the code
String findThisWord = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(myTextArea,"Find:",
"Find",JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
int ff= findThisWord.compareTo(myTextArea.getText());
System.out.println(ff);
// the end
the output is not understood, can any one help me to get it or suggest another way
& the same for the REPLACE function (im thinking about using replaceRange())
[518 byte] By [
TheInsider] at [2007-9-30 20:35:03]
Hi
I dont think String.comareTo is the right function to be used in this case.
try
String.indexOf()
usage:
myTextArea.getText().indexOf(findThisWord);
if "findThisWord" is not present, it'll return -1.
there is an alternative too...
try using String.matches();
this function takes a regular xpression as an argument. the advantage of this will be that u would be able to use String.matches().replaceAll(); or String.matches().replace();
usage:
myTextArea.getText().matches(".*" + findThisWord + ".*");
All the best
kapilChhabra
The following code will find a text the specified word from the cursor(caret) position in the textarea.
String wordToFind;
int caretPos=textArea.getCaretPosition();
int i;
for(i=caretPos; i<(textArea.getText().length()-wordToFind.length()); i++)
{
String temp=textArea.getText().substring(i,i+wordToFind.length());
if (temp.equals(wordToFind))
{
textArea.select(i,i+wordToFind.length());
break;
}
}
The above code can be put in a method and should be called each time u want to a word.
Aswin at 2007-7-7 1:24:32 >
