in java.io.*;
In PrintWriter and PrintStream classes
they both have two format(...) methods.
So I can write similar like C/C++
printf, fprintf and sprintf in format like %5.1f.
But I can't find an IO class has format reader
similar to C/C++
scanf, fscanf and sscanf
I have some input data look like
" 0.1-10.2" (two spaces at the front).
They are two float numbers 0.1 and -10.2 (NOT 0.1 minus 10.2)!
The best way to read this is read them in format "%5.1f%5.1f"
If the data look like " 0.1 -10.2", then I can use StringTokenizer
Now I have to read 5 characters a time!
a24900@googlemail.com - 28 Aug 2007 20:24 GMT
> in java.io.*;
>
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>
> The best way to read this is read them in format "%5.1f%5.1f"
Fixed field-width with no separating whitespace? That's ugly to do in
Java. At least one guaranteed whitespace or any other separator in
between and you could use Scanner. But without a separator you either
need to look for a third-party library, try to make sense out of
DecimalFormat.parse() and accompanying pattern junk, or do some good
old coding, like it follows.
int fieldWidths[] = { 5, 5 };
BuffredReader in = ...
...
String line;
while((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
int start = 0;
for(int width: fieldWiths) {
int end = start + width;
String field = line.substring(start, end);
if(field.length() != width) {
// ups, input to short
}
double value = Double.parseDouble(field);
// do something with the value
start = end;
}
}
Lew - 28 Aug 2007 21:53 GMT
>> in java.io.*;
>>
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> Fixed field-width with no separating whitespace? That's ugly to do in
> Java. At least one guaranteed whitespace or any other separator in
Shouldn't be too bad with java.nio Buffers.

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Hunter Gratzner - 29 Aug 2007 07:22 GMT
> Shouldn't be too bad with java.nio Buffers.
I don't think so. But if you have some code fragments to show
otherwise please post them.
Roedy Green - 28 Aug 2007 23:35 GMT
>printf, fprintf and sprintf in format like %5.1f.
see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/printf.html

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Roedy Green - 29 Aug 2007 02:57 GMT
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:35:16 GMT, Roedy Green
<see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :
>>printf, fprintf and sprintf in format like %5.1f.
>
>see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/printf.html
To read, I think you are stuck extracting strings and feed them to
custom DecimalFormats.
If you can change the format of the data to CSV, there are a ton of
options. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/csv.html

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