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Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression

From Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression
Date 2012-03-27 01:17 +0000
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:33:51 -0700, Knute Johnson wrote:

> On 3/26/2012 4:02 PM, markspace wrote:
>> On 3/26/2012 3:56 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> String str = "Fri 7:30 PM, Fri 8 PM, Sat 1, 3, and 5 PM";
>> ...
>>> System.out.println(s+"PM");
>> ^^
>>
>> What does this print if the "str" string ends with AM instead of PM? I
>> don't think this actually works....
>>
>>
> It won't.  He'll have to make a two-pass system if he's going to split
> on two different tokens.  I think I said that

Then you'd something like the following, semi-pseudo-coded as:

   slist = in.split("PM, +|PM")
   for (int i=0; i<slist.length; i++) 
      slist[i] = slist[i].trim() + "PM";

   ArrayList<String> alist = new ArrayList<String>;;
   for (s : slist)
      sp = s.split("AM, +|AM");
      for (int j=0; j < s.length; j++) 
         alist.add(s.trim() + "AM");

	
   ...but its ugly. I think it can be done in one pass using a regex with
   capture groups along the lines of
  
     "(.*)([AP]M ,|[AP]M)"

   If I got that right, each time expression that the OP needs to split
   out is represented by a pair of adjacent capture groups, so just a
   single pass along the array of capture groups concatenating adjacent
   pairs and applying trim() to each concatenated pair should do the
   trick.

   Its rather late here, so I'll leave this as an exercise for anybody
   who feels keen. If nobody has touched it by mid morning tomorrow I may
   see if it works.

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martin@   | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
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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

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