On 15/04/2009, Jacek Furmankiewicz <jace...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to use StrTokenizer for some parsing and I am probably not using
> it correctly.
>
> Let's say I have this string:
>
> 11"a,b"11,22"c,d"22"
>
> I would like to split it by the comma ",", but ignoring any commas embedded
> in quotes. I try this:
>
> String test = "11\"a,b\"11,22\"c,d\"22";
> StrTokenizer str = new StrTokenizer(test,',','"');
> String[] tokens = str.getTokenArray();
>
> for(String t: tokens) {
> System.out.println(t);
> }
>
> and expect to have two strings print out:
>
> 11"a,b"11
> 22"c,d"22
>
> but instead I get 4 :
>
> 11"a
> b"11
> 22"c
> d"22
>
> It seems the tokenizer is splitting on the comma, even if it is embedded in
> quotes.
Quotes are only allowed in quoted strings. From the Javadoc:
"Each token may be surrounded by quotes. The quote matcher specifies
the quote character(s). A quote may be escaped within a quoted section
by duplicating itself. "
> I tried different options on the StrTokenizer, but not been able to get it
> to work correctly.
>
> Any idea as to what am I doing wrong? Using latest version 2.4.
The input needs to look like this:
"11""a,b""11","22""c,d""22""
> Thanks, Jacek
>
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