Parse Text using scanner useDelimiter
- by Brian
Looking to parse the following text file:
Sample text file:
<2008-10-07text entered by user<2008-11-26additional text entered by user
I would like to parse the above text so that I can have three variables:
v1 = 2008-10-07
v2 = text entered by user
v3 = Ted Parlor
v1 = 2008-11-26
v2 = additional text entered by user
v3 = Ted Parlor
I attempted to use scanner and useDelimiter, however, I'm having issue on how to set this up to have the results as stated above. Here's my first attempt:
enter code here
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class ScanNotes {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
Scanner s = null;
try {
//String regex = "(?<=\<)([^\*)(?=\)";
s = new Scanner(new BufferedReader(new FileReader("cur_notes.txt")));
s.useDelimiter("[<]+");
while (s.hasNext()) {
String v1 = s.next();
String v2= s.next();
System.out.println("v1= " + v1 + " v2=" + v2);
}
} finally {
if (s != null) {
s.close();
}
}
}
}
The results is as follows:
v1= 2008-10-07text entered by user v2=Ted Parlor
What I desire is:
v1= 2008-10-07 v2=text entered by user v3=Ted Parlor
v1= 2008-11-26 v2=additional text entered by user v3=Ted Parlor
Any help that would allow me to extract all three strings separately would be greatly appreciated.
