Question

I have a special .txt file to read from Java, and here’s a part of it:

absolute                            mutlak(IBM)(MS)
absolute address                    mutlak adres(IBM)
absolute device                     mutlak aygıt(IBM)
absolute positioned object          mutlak konumlu nesne(MS)
absolute positioned paragraph       mutlak konumlu paragraf(MS)
absolute positioning                mutlak konumlama(IBM)
absolute priority                   mutlak öncelik(IBM)
Absolute reference                  Mutlak referans(MS)
abstract                            soyut(IBM)(MS)

first column is original and the second column is the description. Now I have to read original and description seperately and store in a hashtable. How would I do that?

Answer 1

Read the file line by line. For each line, find the index of the " " substring (two spaces). Extract everything before the index and everything after. Trim both parts.

If the separator is in fact a series of tabs, then use the same algorithm with "\t" instead of " ".