Help Reading and storing characters

[jose santelices]

How can i Read a Word that is declared as String and then divide the word and store each character in a variable

Right now Im writing a program that reads a line like this one: HDSL841216CLDNO895

What I want its to store each character in that line in a different variable, I'm trying to get into array but cannot figure out the codem I had tryied as String Split but also I dont know how to store each character in a different variable, Does any body can help me?

What im trying to do exactly is read that line that is in a TextField and then Print a birthday based on the first 4 numbers in the line(year,month,day). I only need the instructions on how to read and store each character in a different variable as I've been trying all day, its driving me crazy

Regards to everybody


here is a little code i have so far but its like nothing i really got nothing im blind with this xD

    String str = jTextField1.getText();


String[] temp = new String[18];

String delimiter = ".";
temp = str.split(delimiter);
temp[0] = 
  

[Maneesh Godbole]

Jose,
Welcome to the Ranch.

Check out the String#toCharArray and String#charAt and String#length methods.
Now can you think of any why to use a combination of these to extract the first 4 characters in your string?