Thank you very much for your replies on this subject,
Just to check my understanding, here is my summary of the options you have
given for reading exponential numbers:
1) Use the java.text package - not an option does not support exponential
and also inefficient
2) Use StreamTokenizer - does not support exponential.
3) Use ReaderTokenizer - which is written by Steve Pietrowicz and works like
StreamTokenizer but
with exponentials supported.
4) Use StringTokenizer (which does support exponentials) then use
Double.parseDouble(s)
5) Use a parse program.
I'm not sure which of these to choose, I want something that's fast for
large meshes. I prefer the
functionality of StringTokenizer over StreamTokenizer because it allows
multiple separators and it
supports exponentials. However I guess StreamTokenizer should be more
efficient because you don't
have to create a string for each number to pass to parseDouble(), however
the workarounds for the lack
of exponential support seem to cause there own inefficiencies - which is
worse?
Looks like I need to investigate the options in more detail.
Thanks again,
Martin
www.martinb.com
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