Question

I am setting a date_string like this:

gridcell.setTag(theday + "-" + themonth + "-" + theyear + "|" + hijri_day + "-" + hijri_month + " ("+ hijri_monthno +") " + hijri_year);

And I am splitting it like this:

String date_month_year = (String) view.getTag();
String[] dateAr = date_month_year.split("-|\\||\\(|\\)|\\s+");

This is also splitting the spaces and dash in the hijri month names i.e. Rabi al-Thani or Dhul Hijjah:

private String months[] = {"Muharram","Safar","Rabi al-Awwal","Rabi al-Thani","Jumada al-Awwal","Jumada al-Thani","Rajab","Sha\'ban","Ramadhan","Shawwal","Dhul Qa\'dah","Dhul Hijjah"};

How do I split on the date_string only and not the value of the strings in the date_string?

Answer 1

best way is changing the date separator – to / (slash) or .(dot) If you really wanna keep like this, than after split you can check last character on string array if it is a letter join that two string into one back..

gridcell.setTag(theday + "." + themonth + "." + theyear + "|" + hijri_day + " " + hijri_month + " ("+ hijri_monthno +") " + hijri_year); 

make it like this easiest way..