Sounds like you should be using JavaScript regular expressions, not Java. Download the manual; the regex object is well documented and is useful for regular expressions in any language: http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/
Otherwise (also), get Jeffrey Friedl's "Mastering Regular Expressions, 2d" (O'Reilly 2002), which covers Unix grep, Perl 5.x, Java 1.4, and .NET in more detail than you will ever want to know. :-) Finally, the JavaDocs for java.util.regex.Pattern and java.util.regex.Matcher are pretty extensive as far as typical JavaDocs go. Mark -----Original Message----- From: A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java Servlet API Technology. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of karthikeyan.balasubramanian Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 7:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Regular Expression Doubt Hi, I have 2 set of strings : String A ========== "MC200 - 19" IBM Std, Rackmount computer" String B ========== <TABLE border='0' cellpadding='2' cellspacing='2'> <TR> <TD> <input type='checkbox' name = '8' value = '501' >501 </input> </TD> <TD>MC505 - 10.4" LCD Touch Display</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <input type='checkbox' name = '8' value = '502' >502 </input> </TD> <TD>MC510 - 10.4" LCD Display</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <input type='checkbox' name = '9' value = '512' >512 </input> </TD> <TD>MC640 - Shielded Video cable - 6'</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <input type='checkbox' name = '9' value = '517' >512 </input> </TD> <TD>MC652 - RS-232 Serial Cable - 10'</TD> </TR> </TABLE> Now if there is any MC2xx, or MC3xx in String A then i need to add DIABLED to 1. Touch Display 2. Serial Cable. i.e. <input type='checkbox' name='8' value='501' DISABLED> How difficult is it in Java, if performace is concern should i use RegEx. Now searching should not be a problem in RegEx i believe. I can issue MC[23..] how about finding out "Touch Display" and "Serial Cable" and adding DISABLED to it <INPUT> Type. Can somebody help me out in this. Looking for some response. Have a great day. Karthikeyan B ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
