CODEWITHSUNDEEP
java
user1061666
user1061666

Reputation:

Breaking down components in a String sentence by user

For example: Someone orders some movie passes: User enters : 3 tickets for Taken 2 at 17.50 How can I extract the quantity of tickets purchased, know the movie selected and total the costs from the entered string.

Any help is greatly appreciated. 

                 String Mac1
         System.out.println("Enter num of tickets, movie & (at) ticket price:");
         Mac1 = input.nextLine();

         String Mov1[]= Mac1.split(", ");

           for (int i = 0; i < Mov1.length; i++) 
           {
               System.out.print(Mov1[i]);

           }

Upvotes: 1

Views: 84

Answers (2)

Reimeus
Reimeus

Reputation: 159754

Using regex appears a better fit here:

Matcher m = Pattern.compile("(\\d+) tickets for (.*) at (.*)").matcher(Mac1);
if (m.matches()) {
  int tickets = Integer.parseInt(m.group(1));
  String movie = m.group(2);
  double cost = Double.parseDouble(m.group(3));
  double total = tickets * cost;
}

Upvotes: 2

Tomasz Nurkiewicz
Tomasz Nurkiewicz

Reputation: 340708

Seems like regular expressions are the best tool for the job (no matter how bad it looks):

(\\d+) tickets for (.*) at (\\d{1,2})[.:](\\d{2})

Upvotes: 1

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