Question

I have following text:

    <option value="{0}">hello1</option>
    <option value="{1}">hello2</option>
    <option value="{2}">hello3</option>
    <option value="{3}">hello4</option>
    <option value="{4}">hello5</option>
    <option value="{5}">hello6</option>
    <option value="{6}">hello7</option>
    <option value="{7}">hello8</option>

All above is in one String.

I have 2 Arrays:

valueArray;
nameArray;

So, any tip on how to get the helloX into nameArray and get all value into valueArray?

//Simon

Answer 1

Use a regex and populate the arrays. Here is a small test program I wrote:

public static void main(String [] args) {
    Pattern p = Pattern.compile("<option value=\"(.*?)\">(.*?)</option>");
    String line = "<option value=\"{1}\">hello0</option>";
    Matcher m = p.matcher(line);
    while (m.find()) {
        String value = m.group(1);
        String name = m.group(2);
        System.out.println(value);
        System.out.println(name);
        // Now add to your arrays
    }
}

I would not use this as a standard method for parsing a complicated xml file. Use an xml parser if this is the case.