Question

I want to extract from a String formatted information.
Let’s say I have these parameters that I want to fill from my String.

    String apperanceNumber;
    String docNumber;
    String organisation;
    String publishedDate;
    String closingDate;
    String amdendmentNumber;
    String noticeTitle;

And that I want to get information from that kind of string:

1       
12-0017     
Transportation - Construction / Transports - Construction       
2012/01/26  
2012/02/13 11:00
PAVING - ROUTE 425 DUNNETS ROAD AREA TOWARD SCHENKELS LANE


2   
0622028 
DSS, CIMS       
2012/01/25      
2012/02/13 13:30        
Computer forensic tools

I looked into String methods available, and I am pretty sure it is not the good way to to it.

Answer 1

You could try using regular expressions. Here’s a tutorial on that:

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/regex/

With regular expressions, you can read a whole document and identify where does a string belong based on how it is written.

Hope it helps!