Reading from String

[Tekaistu Tunnus]

Hi,

I have a program that reads lines from a file. I save the lines to the String rivi. The problem is that one line contains 2 short Strings, one double and one integer. I need them separately, so how do separate them from that String?

For example, I have a String longString that contains the following data:
sukunimi etunimi 12345 52.415

I would like to save them in separate variables:
String shortString1 = sukunimi
String shortString2 = etunimi
int number1 = 12345
double number2 = 52.415

[marc weber]

Welcome to JavaRanch!

Take a look at the split method in java.lang.String. This will split your String into an array of separate String objects, which you can then work with (e.g., parse as primitive values).
[ April 11, 2006: Message edited by: marc weber ]

[Sanjaya Sugiarto]

other alternative: look at StringTokenizer (java.util.StringTokenizer)

[Joanne Neal]

And when you're looking at the API doc for StringTokenizer, note the sentence

StringTokenizer is a legacy class that is retained for compatibility reasons although its use is discouraged in new code. It is recommended that anyone seeking this functionality use the split method of String or the java.util.regex package instead.

[Stan James]

This may get us tossed out of the beginner forum, but if you get all those options down cold, peek at the JavaDoc for Scanner. It can read from a file and parse the lines into variables of the proper type all at once. If it looks too advanced, stick with split() and just file the name away for another day.

Let us know how you work this out!