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ArthurV
ArthurV

Reputation: 123

Data input, collect several lines as a String, but keep them in lines

This is my data to input, where @ is used as a delimiter for different months of purchase oders.

14/06/13#PSE-3478#bT/4674#1

22/06/13#EMI-6329#LR/4992#8@

08/07/13#ESE-6329#bT/4674#15

09/07/13#PNE-3456#PV/5732#2

27/07/13#EMI-6329#PA/1234#4@

I know how to deal with a single line: .scanNextLine() as a String, and then apply scanner again having that String object as an argument, but with a different delimiter to extract other information.

But what if there are several lines to collect for each month? Will it be mixed up if I will put them to the same String object? Cause they have to remain separated in the lines as they are.

The thing is that I need to apply a method .startNewMonth() after the month has finished. Any suggestions how to implement it properly?

Many thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 37

Answers (1)

Gilbert Le Blanc
Gilbert Le Blanc

Reputation: 51445

You don't even need the at sign flag. You could check if the dates are in the same month.

Here's what you do in psudeocode:

for each line
    process line
    if line ends with @
        start new month
    end if
end for

Upvotes: 1

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