In the case here, i don't think there's a conceptual difference between blank and null. And by "blank", i mean a string of length 0. Since whitespace is stripped, if i return a null instead, you would never get an empty string back. Better to let the user decide to use empty string or null once they get the results back.
-----Original Message----- From: Gerry Duprey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 1:08 PM To: Jakarta Commons Developers List Subject: Re: suggestion for new StringUtils.method Howdy, > String [] undelimit(String input, char separatorChar, char quoteChar); > > a, , b, "c,d,e", "f""g""h", > > would return the following tokens: > > 1- a > 2- <blank> > 3- b Very handy. I'd suggest that in the above case, the 2nd & 6th entry return a null. There are times you need to know that there basically wasn't any data (and empty element) which could be different from a empty string (i.e. ""). Just a thought. Gerry -- Gerry Duprey ________________________________________ SchoolsOPEN, LLC 123 North Ashley, Suite 120 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Phone (877) 483-1944 Ext. 401 Fax (734) 661-0819 Visit us Online at www.Schools-OPEN.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
