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java string search

tw0nk · 2003-11-11 17:53:36

Hi , I am trying to make a simple class for a program, the problem I am having is that i dont know how to search the file i take in from io stream for a specific piece of text. i am used to c++ where there is a string.search() function, is there anything similar in java? thanks a million

11-11-2003 5:53pm

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tw0nk

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Hi , I am trying to make a simple class for a program, the problem I am having is that i dont know how to search the file i take in from io stream for a specific piece of text. i am used to c++ where there is a string.search() function, is there anything similar in java? thanks a million

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#2 11-11-2003 7:13pm

parasite

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read the API first
see : http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/String.html

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#3 11-11-2003 8:57pm

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hi,

I have never seen string.search() in STL C++, there is find(). In java You may try to use String.indexOf(String) when You have String from file, or trying to find string during file reading from BufferedReader in while loop.

regards

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#4 12-11-2003 5:34pm

tw0nk

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thanks everyone ,got it sorted

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