Re: split a text in lines: how?
Rhino wrote:
"mario.lat_" <mario.lat@libero.it> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.05.24.16.32.46.428341@libero.it...
How can transform this text in a vector of Strings, one for each lines?
The obvious way to split a String into parts is with a StringTokenizer.
Obvious or not, it is best to avoid StringTokenizer. Sun even
discourages it (though they haven't deprecated it yet).
From the javadocs for StringTokenizer: "StringTokenizer is a legacy
class that is retained for compatibility reasons although its use is
discouraged in new code. It is recommended that anyone seeking this
functionality use the split method of String or the java.util.regex
package instead."
There are good reasons to avoid it. They botched the implementation.
They actually changed the behavior in different versions of the JDK so
that you get different results depending on which JVM you are running
your code on. I got bit by that one myself.
See:
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4238266
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4338282
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