MessageFormat Help ?

[hasan khan]

I am reading a String from a file which look like this
12^45^67^45^34^56^43^32^297^O^36^35^35^35^35^1^50^26

the length of the string is not fix.
i want to read the first three number ignoring the rest.

import java.text.*;
public class messageformat
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException
{
MessageFormat mf = new MessageFormat("{0}^{1}^{2}");
String message = "12^45^67^45^34^56^43^32^297^O^36^35^35^35^35^1^50^26";
Object obj[] = mf.parse(message);

for(int i=0; i<obj.length; i++)
{
System.out.println(obj[i]);
}
}
}
The output is
12
45
67^45^34^56^43^32^297^O^36^35^35^35^35^1^50^26

but i only want 1st three numbers i.e 12, 45, 67
how to i do ?
i am also looking for some good examples of how to use MessageFormat ?
please help ...