Content format in a text file

[vinodh kumar]

Hi,

Can some one advice how to approach in java to format the content of a file as mentioned below.

Present:

=============================================================================
Name: vinodh
Status: active
dateofjoin: 2009/09/25 14:31:43;  course: csc
school of computing science
=============================================================================
Name: sam
Status: notactive
dateofjoin: 2009/09/25 14:31:43;  course: csc
school of computing science
=============================================================================
Name: John
Status: notactive
dateofjoin: 2009/09/25 14:31:43;  course: it
=============================================================================

Output:

Name: vinodh Status: active    dateofjoin: 2009/09/25 14:31:43; course: csc school of computing science
Name: sam    Status: notactive dateofjoin: 2009/09/25 14:31:43; course: csc school of computing science
Name: John   Status: notactive dateofjoin: 2009/09/25 14:31:43; course: it

[Rob Spoor]

Do you know how to read lines of a file? Do you know how to write lines to a file?
The basic algorithm is this:
1) read ====
2) if there are no more lines available abort
3) read 4 lines
4) combine those 4 lines into one line
5) write that line
6) go to step 1

If you use a Scanner the reading and checking can be done using nextLine() and hasNextLine().

[vinodh kumar]

Thanks Rob.
Let me try based on your algorithm and will revert if any problem.


~Vinodh Kumar