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Stanley Mungai
Stanley Mungai

Reputation: 4150

How to Split a String to remove certain Parts

I have a File that COntains Strings in This Format:

ACHMU)][2:s,161,(ACH Payment Sys Menus - Online Services)][3:c,1,(M)][4:c,1,(N)]
ACLSICZ)][2:s,161,(Report for Auto Closure)][3:c,1,(U)][4:c,1,(N)]
ACMPS)][2:s,161,(Account Maintenance-Pre-shipment Account)][3:c,1,(U)][4:c,1,(N)]
ACNPAINT)][2:s,161,(Interest Run For NPA Accounts)][3:c,1,(U)][4:c,1,(N)]

I need to Split the String so that I have the data in this Format:

ACHMU (ACH Payment Sys Menus - Online Services)
ACLSICZ (Report for Auto Closure)......

Basically, I want to remove the ")[2:s,161," part and the "][3:c,1,(M)][4:c,1,(N)]" at the end. Will Splitting the String Help Me? The following Method has already failed:

FileInputStream fs = new FileInputStream(C:/Test.txt);
BufferedReader br  = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fs));
String str;
while((str = br.readLine()) != null){
    String[] split = str.Split(")[2:s,161,")
}

Please Help me get the Junk in the middle and at the end.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 153

Answers (4)

Eng.Fouad
Eng.Fouad

Reputation: 117607

The straight-forward way, use substring() and indexOf():

String oldString = "ACHMU)][2:s,161,(ACH Payment Sys Menus - Online Services)][3:c,1,(M)][4:c,1,(N)]";
String firstPart = oldString.substring(0, oldString.indexOf(")")); // ACHMU
String secondPart = oldString.substring(oldString.indexOf("(")); // (ACH Payment Sys Menus - Online Services)][3:c,1,(M)]
String newString = firstPart + " " + secondPart.substring(0, secondPart.indexOf(")") + 1); // ACHMU (ACH Payment Sys Menus - Online Services)
System.out.print(newString);

OUTPUT:

ACHMU (ACH Payment Sys Menus - Online Services)

Upvotes: 3

user517491
user517491

Reputation: 

FileInputStream fs = new FileInputStream(C:/Test.txt);
BufferedReader br  = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fs));
String str;
String newStr;
String completeNewStr="";
while((str = br.readLine()) != null)
{
    newStr = str.replace(")][2:s,161,"," ");
    newStr = str.replace("][3:c,1,(M)][4:c,1,(N)]","");
    completeNewStr+=newStr;
}

// completeNewStr is your final string

Upvotes: 2

nhahtdh
nhahtdh

Reputation: 56819

You can use

str.replaceFirst("(.*?)\\)\\].*?(\\(.*?\\))\\].*", "$1 $2");

Upvotes: 2

FSP
FSP

Reputation: 4827

If the string that you want to replace is always "[2:s,161," , replace it with a empty string or space if that's acceptable. Similarly, for the other string as well.

str.replace("[2:s,161,", '');

Upvotes: 1

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