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Thanx,
Ivan
Rick Bauman wrote:
>
> Hello everyone, I am using the following code in a program I am writing:
>
> BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader( new FileReader(inFile));
> while ( (line = br.readLine()) != null ) {
> StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer( line, ":" );
> while(st.hasMoreTokens()){
> token = st.nextToken();
>
> The inFile has the following structure:
>
> somename:somechars:somevalue:trueorfalse:someaddress:somecity:somestate:somezip
>
> the inFile will have anywhere from 1 to 10,000 entries
>
> while reading each line I would like to assign each field a variable, do
> something to the fields on that line, then start over again on the next
> line. that way I could manipulate the file in different formats for
> different purposes, for example if somecity=charleston then I could
> write that to a log, but if somestate=calif then I could skip writing
> the line.
>
> any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> --
> Rick Bauman
> Lowcountry Linux
> http://www.lowcountry.net/
