StringTokenizer takes only single char: pl help!

[Rajat Singla]

Hi friends,
Why does the following code prints "how are you, "why are you" and "im fine". Should it print "how are you# why are you" and then "im fine". Can't strintokenixer tokenize with two characters.
How can i achive this.
String test = "how are you# why are you## im fine";
StringTokenizer str = new StringTokenizer(test, "##");
while(str.hasMoreElements())
{
System.out.println("The string is:" + str.nextToken());
}
Thanks a lot in advance.
cheers
rajat

[Andrew Shafer]

Rajat,
Read the javadoc for StringTokenizer. The string for the second parameter is a list of all characters that will be treated as delimiters. If you want to match a pattern as a delimiter for the tokens, you need to use something else.

[Rajat Singla]

Thanks andrew.
But what's the alternative? How can i solve the problem.
regs
rajat

[Jim Yingst]

<pre>
String test = "one#two##three##four#five";
String[] tokens = test.split("##");
for (int i = 0; i < tokens.length; i++) {
System.out.println("Token " + i + ":" + tokens[i]);
}
</pre>
Of course, if you aren't using SDK 1.4, you'll have to write a little more code. Try using String indexOf("##") to locate a multi-character delimiter, and then use substring() to split the string before and after the delimiter. Put the whole thing in a loop to find more than one delimiter. Enjoy...