On 10/4/06, Suzanne Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have the following directory structure:2005_1.0 filea fileb 2005_1.1 filec 2005_1.1.1 filed 2005_2.0 filee My build needs to determine which files to zip based on the directory name. If the user specifies 1.1, I need to include all files in the 2005_1.0 and 2005_1.1 directories but not the other directories (their version numbers are higher). In order to write the logic to determine the proper directories, I need to parse the directory names. I first need to separate out the '2005' as a variable. I then need everything after the underscore as another variable (we'll call it $version). Once I have $version, I may need to separate out the characters separated by '.' to determine if the version is higher or lower than the user specified value. I can get the list of directory names and put them in a foreach without any problem but I don't know how to parse the string I get. In fact, I can't find anything for string manipulation in Ant or ant-contrib. Is there such a thing?
Yes, but in convoluted ways only. I'd do it in Java as a custom task (defining a <path> for example, or a new resource collection in 1.7), or I'd use a <script>. Ant now has a DeweyDecimal utility (which hopefully implement Comparable). That's the jist of it ;-) Sorry, can't help more than by giving high level hints. --DD --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
