Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.lang.java.programmer > #13196

Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression

From Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression
Date 2012-03-26 22:01 +0200
Message-ID <9tc099Fh7cU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <48d35bc3-a391-4ccf-a222-dac64775a2f2@oq7g2000pbb.googlegroups.com> <33095746.178.1332789765559.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcto7>

Show all headers | View raw

On 03/26/2012 09:22 PM, Lew wrote:
> laredotornado wrote:
>> I'm using Java 6.  I want to split a Java string on a regular
>> expression, but I would like to keep part of the string used to split
>> in the results.  What I have are Strings like
>>
>>      Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 2 PM, Sun 2:30 PM
>>
>> What I would like to do is split the expression wherever I have an
>> expression matching /(am|pm),?/i .  Hopefully I got that right.  In
>> the above example, I would like the results to be
>>
>>      Fri 7:30 PM
>>      Sat 2 PM
>>      Sun 2:30 PM
>>
>> But with String.split, the split token is not kept within the
>> results.  How would I write a Java parsing expression to do what I
>> want?
>
> Based on what you've shown it looks like you could split on the comma and trim the resulting strings.

And one wouldn't even need a regular expression for that.
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/StringTokenizer.html

Kind regards

	robert

Back to comp.lang.java.programmer | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression laredotornado <laredotornado@zipmail.com> - 2012-03-26 11:54 -0700
  Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-03-26 12:22 -0700
    Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-26 22:01 +0200
      Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-26 21:46 -0400
        Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-27 23:01 +0200
          Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-27 17:18 -0400
          Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-03-27 14:21 -0700
            Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-28 07:38 +0200
              Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-03-28 10:24 -0700
  Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression markspace <-@.> - 2012-03-26 13:49 -0700
  Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression laredotornado@gmail.com - 2012-03-26 14:21 -0700
    Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression markspace <-@.> - 2012-03-26 15:02 -0700
    Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-03-26 15:56 -0700
      Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression markspace <-@.> - 2012-03-26 16:02 -0700
        Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-03-26 17:33 -0700
          Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-03-27 01:17 +0000
            Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-03-27 21:57 +0000
    Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-26 18:26 -0700
      Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-03-26 19:07 -0700
        Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-03-26 20:40 -0700
          Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-27 09:10 -0700
            Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-03-27 11:09 -0700
              Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-27 13:32 -0700
                Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-03-27 14:29 -0700
                Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-27 16:22 -0700
                Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-27 18:20 -0700
                Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-03-27 18:27 -0700
                Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-27 21:31 -0700
                Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-28 07:41 +0200
                Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-03-28 10:28 -0700
  Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-03-26 16:26 -0700
    Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-03-26 17:36 -0700
    Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-27 23:27 +0200
      Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-28 07:28 +0200
  Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-26 20:49 -0400
  Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-26 21:58 -0400
    Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-03-26 21:14 -0700
      Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-27 17:21 -0400
        Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-03-27 15:20 -0700
          Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-27 18:48 -0400
            Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-03-27 17:07 -0700
          Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-03-27 21:49 -0300
            Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-27 20:56 -0400
              Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-03-27 22:01 -0300
                Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-03-27 18:27 -0700
  Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-03-27 08:15 -0600
    Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression laredotornado <laredotornado@zipmail.com> - 2012-03-27 07:58 -0700
      Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-03-27 09:21 -0600
        Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-03-27 09:43 -0700
          Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-28 07:51 +0200

csiph-web