reading from a file

[mickey0]

hi,
I have to read a file and check for some tokens (special openTag and closeTag):
#- is open tag
-# is close tag
I put the entire file (2 pages) into a string (Will it be ok? ) and now, what's the best appproch to find #- in the String? charAt() ????

Thanks..

[samido]

try to use string tokenizing, you can test all charectors in the sring by doing so, e.g.

StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer("this is a test");
while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
if(st.nextToken() == '#' ){
...
}
}

kind regards: Sam Rabophala

[JosAH]

The String.indexOf() method is an extremely simple and efficient way to look
for those two small Strings; check the API documentation for the String class.

kind regards,

Jos

[mickey0]

The String.indexOf() method is an extremely simple and efficient way to look
for those two small Strings; check the API documentation for the String class.
Jos

I just used indexOf and charAt()....I hoped to find something better....

[BigDaddyLH]

I just used indexOf and charAt()....I hoped to find something better....

Is there something wrong with s.indexof("#_")?

[mickey0]

Is there something wrong with s.indexof("#_")?

no there isn't. But I'm looking for simplicity and performance...for this I was wondering it...