Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression
 

Hi,

I'm using Java 6. I want to split a Java string on a regular
expression, but I would like to keep part of the string used to split
in the results. What I have are Strings like

Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 2 PM, Sun 2:30 PM

What I would like to do is split the expression wherever I have an
expression matching /(am|pm),?/i . Hopefully I got that right. In
the above example, I would like the results to be

Fri 7:30 PM
Sat 2 PM
Sun 2:30 PM

But with String.split, the split token is not kept within the
results. How would I write a Java parsing expression to do what I
want?

Thanks, - Dave

Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression
 

laredotornado wrote:
> I'm using Java 6. I want to split a Java string on a regular
> expression, but I would like to keep part of the string used to split
> in the results. What I have are Strings like
>
> Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 2 PM, Sun 2:30 PM
>
> What I would like to do is split the expression wherever I have an
> expression matching /(am|pm),?/i . Hopefully I got that right. In
> the above example, I would like the results to be
>
> Fri 7:30 PM
> Sat 2 PM
> Sun 2:30 PM
>
> But with String.split, the split token is not kept within the
> results. How would I write a Java parsing expression to do what I
> want?

Based on what you've shown it looks like you could split on the comma and trim the resulting strings.

--
Lew

Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression
 

On 03/26/2012 09:22 PM, Lew wrote:
> laredotornado wrote:
>> I'm using Java 6. I want to split a Java string on a regular
>> expression, but I would like to keep part of the string used to split
>> in the results. What I have are Strings like
>>
>> Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 2 PM, Sun 2:30 PM
>>
>> What I would like to do is split the expression wherever I have an
>> expression matching /(am|pm),?/i . Hopefully I got that right. In
>> the above example, I would like the results to be
>>
>> Fri 7:30 PM
>> Sat 2 PM
>> Sun 2:30 PM
>>
>> But with String.split, the split token is not kept within the
>> results. How would I write a Java parsing expression to do what I
>> want?
>
> Based on what you've shown it looks like you could split on the comma and trim the resulting strings.

And one wouldn't even need a regular expression for that.
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs...Tokenizer.html

Kind regards

robert

Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression
 

On 3/26/2012 11:54 AM, laredotornado wrote:

> Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 2 PM, Sun 2:30 PM
>
> But with String.split, the split token is not kept within the
> results. How would I write a Java parsing expression to do what I
> want?


What Lew said.

String[] dates = dateString.split( ", +" );

for( String date : dates ) {

String temp = date.trim().toUpper();

if( temp.endsWith( "PM" ) ) {
System.out.println( "Good afternoon." );
else if( temp.endsWith( "AM" ) {
System.out.println( "Good morning." );
} else {
System.out.println( "Good whatever." );
}

}

Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression
 

On Monday, March 26, 2012 1:54:40 PM UTC-5, laredotornado wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Java 6. I want to split a Java string on a regular
> expression, but I would like to keep part of the string used to split
> in the results. What I have are Strings like
>
> Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 2 PM, Sun 2:30 PM
>
> What I would like to do is split the expression wherever I have an
> expression matching /(am|pm),?/i . Hopefully I got that right. In
> the above example, I would like the results to be
>
> Fri 7:30 PM
> Sat 2 PM
> Sun 2:30 PM
>
> But with String.split, the split token is not kept within the
> results. How would I write a Java parsing expression to do what I
> want?
>
> Thanks, - Dave

Hi, I don't want to split on the comma because there could be a case where the given String is "Fri 8 PM, Sat 1, 3, and 5 PM" and in this case, I want the result to be a String array containing

Fri 8 PM
Sat 1, 3, and 5 PM

Your continued help is appreciated, - Dave

Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression
 

On 3/26/2012 2:21 PM, laredotornado@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi, I don't want to split on the comma because there could be a case
> where the given String is "Fri 8 PM, Sat 1, 3, and 5 PM" and in this
> case, I want the result to be a String array containing
>
> Fri 8 PM Sat 1, 3, and 5 PM


You might be able to do this with clever use of regex look-around:

http://www.regular-expressions.info/lookaround.html

Maybe something like "(?<=M),". Definitely take some time to test that
carefully though.

Otherwise, you'll have to write your own parser (which wouldn't be hard).

Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression
 

On 3/26/2012 2:21 PM, laredotornado@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, March 26, 2012 1:54:40 PM UTC-5, laredotornado wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using Java 6. I want to split a Java string on a regular
>> expression, but I would like to keep part of the string used to split
>> in the results. What I have are Strings like
>>
>> Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 2 PM, Sun 2:30 PM
>>
>> What I would like to do is split the expression wherever I have an
>> expression matching /(am|pm),?/i . Hopefully I got that right. In
>> the above example, I would like the results to be
>>
>> Fri 7:30 PM
>> Sat 2 PM
>> Sun 2:30 PM
>>
>> But with String.split, the split token is not kept within the
>> results. How would I write a Java parsing expression to do what I
>> want?
>>
>> Thanks, - Dave
>
> Hi, I don't want to split on the comma because there could be a case where the given String is "Fri 8 PM, Sat 1, 3, and 5 PM" and in this case, I want the result to be a String array containing
>
> Fri 8 PM
> Sat 1, 3, and 5 PM
>
> Your continued help is appreciated, - Dave

public class test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String str = "Fri 7:30 PM, Fri 8 PM, Sat 1, 3, and 5 PM";
String token = "PM, |PM";

String[] strs = str.split(token);
for (String s : strs)
System.out.println(s+"PM");

}
}

C:\Documents and Settings\Knute Johnson>java test
Fri 7:30 PM
Fri 8 PM
Sat 1, 3, and 5 PM

If you wanted to get AMs too, you could do a first pass for the PMs and
then do it again for the AMs.

--

Knute Johnson

Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression
 

On 3/26/2012 3:56 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:

> String str = "Fri 7:30 PM, Fri 8 PM, Sat 1, 3, and 5 PM";
....
> System.out.println(s+"PM");
^^

What does this print if the "str" string ends with AM instead of PM? I
don't think this actually works....

Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression
 

laredotornado <laredotornado@zipmail.com> writes:
>What I would like to do is split the expression wherever I have an

public class Main
{
public static void split
( final java.lang.String text )
{ java.util.regex.Pattern pattern =
java.util.regex.Pattern.compile
( ".*?(?:am|pm),?", java.util.regex.Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE );
java.util.regex.Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher( text );
while( matcher.find() )
java.lang.System.out.println( matcher.group( 0 )); }

public static void main( final java.lang.String[] args )
{ split( "Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 2 PM, Sun 2:30 PM" ); }}

Re: Keeping the split token in a Java regular expression
 

Stefan Ram wrote:
> laredotornado writes:
>>What I would like to do is split the expression wherever I have an
>
> public class Main
> {
> public static void split
> ( final java.lang.String text )
> { java.util.regex.Pattern pattern =
> java.util.regex.Pattern.compile
> ( ".*?(?:am|pm),?", java.util.regex.Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE );
> java.util.regex.Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher( text );
> while( matcher.find() )
> java.lang.System.out.println( matcher.group( 0 )); }
>
> public static void main( final java.lang.String[] args )
> { split( "Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 2 PM, Sun 2:30 PM" ); }}

This excellent (except for layout) example deserves to be archived.

--
Lew