I would suggest having StringTokenizer return the delimiter [new
StringTokenizer(<str>,<delim>,true)], then use this to determine what field
you're in. Otherwise you could look into using StreamTokenizer with a
StringReader. The StreamTokenizer is a much more sophisticated parser.
On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Lietz, Carol wrote:
> Sven,
>
> There have been a couple of options already tossed out. Here's yet another
> one. Rather than changing your application code, you could take the source
> for java.util.StringTokenizer and modify it to return what you want and
> rename it to represent your own version of StringTokenizer.
>
> Carol
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harkishin Nachnani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 1:34 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Empty string bug using String Tokenizer
>
>
> Thanks sven, but the string that I am parsing will always be something
> like "1,2,,4". How do I generate 4 strings out of this and make use of
> them in my servlet.
> Is there any other way to doing this ???
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sven van 't Veer [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 2:18 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Empty string bug using String Tokenizer
> >
> > Harkishin Nachnani wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a string : "1,2,,4"
> > > I am using String Tokenizer class with the delimiter ","
> > > I should get 4 strings : "1" "2" " " "4"
> > You probably would get this when you have "1,2, ,4" but probably not
> > with "1,2,,4" since there is no token to return.
> > > The 3rd String should be an empty string. But the String Tokenizer
> > class
> > > gives me only 3 strings without the empty string.
> > That's because nextElement should return null in the case of ,,
> >
> >
> > sven
> >
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