Well, what you are doing is adding "tokens", so there is a context for this.
It does sound a bit specialized, but we could consider it. You can do it
with:
x = "this is a test"
token = "now"
print (x.split(" ") + token).join(" ")
#or, to insert:
y = x.split(" ")
print (y[1][2] + token + y[3][0]).join(" ")
The idea there is to "tokenize" on space, make the addition (which is in
Jmol script an array append operation), then recreate the string by joining
with space again.
This would work with newline characters as well, "\n"
Bob
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Jonathan Gutow <[email protected]> wrote:
> Because I'm generating strings that require inserting and appending
> words, I keep sticking in little pieces of code to make sure the
> white space is correct. Thus I propose two versions of a utility
> function that would do this and check the white space (see below).
> The first version will append the word to the end (could call it
> append word). The second will insert it at the specified position.
>
> Any thoughts?
> Jonathan
>
>
> String insertWord(String oldstr, String word){
> if (oldstr.length() > 0 && !oldstr.endsWith(" "))
> oldstr += " ";
> oldstr+=word;
> return oldstr;
> }
>
> String insertWord(String oldstr, String word, int insertpt){
> if (oldstr.length() == 0) {
> oldstr = word;
> return oldstr;
> }
> String part1 = oldstr.substring(0, insertpt);//may have my indexes
> messed up...need to check
> String part2 = oldstr.substring((insertpt+1),oldstr.length());
> if (!part1.endsWith(" "))
> part1 += " ";
> if (!part2.beginsWith(" "))
> part2 = " "+part2;
> part1+=word;
> oldstr = part1 + part2
> return oldstr;
> }
>
>
> Dr. Jonathan H. Gutow
> Chemistry Department [email protected]
> UW-Oshkosh Office:920-424-1326
> 800 Algoma Boulevard FAX:920-424-2042
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