Converting String to String Array and vice-versa [Java]

Coding Style: NetBeans IDE 4.0 Beta2 [Java]

Given a string [strFormat] I need to convert it (using predefined delimiters {}) into a string array. And then I must be able to go the other way (convert the string array back into a string with delimiters {})

So for example:
Given a string strFormat = "{Hello}{Bye}{Ouch}"
I need to put this in a string array [strFormatArray] so that strFormatArray[0] = "Hello", strFormatArray[1] = "Bye", strFormatArray[2] = "Ouch"
Then later I need to be able to take the string array [strFormatArray] and convert it back to the original string [strFormat] with the delimiters.

Any easy way to accomplish this? [built in string and conversion functions]?
Any ideas?

I guess you can use:


int indexOf("String")


to find out where the first "{" is, then use it again to find out where the first "}" is.

Then use:

String substring(iStart, iEnd)


to take out what is in the middle


Then you have to choose your self if you just want to remember where you ended and next time use:

int indexOf("String", iStartToRead)

to read the rest, or if you want to make a new string with the rest of the string and read it from there.




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You can make use of regular expression when splitting the string. You String split method.

Example

String delimiters = "{|{}";
String strFormat = "{Hello}{Bye}{Ouch}"

// analyzing the string
String[] tokensVal = strFormat .split(delimiters);

Or something like this.

Code:

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                String myString = "{Hello}{Bye}{Ouch}";
               
                myString = myString.replace("{", "");
               
                String[] myStringArray = myString.split("}");
               
                System.out.println(myString);
                System.out.println(myStringArray[0]);
               
                for (int x = 0; x < myStringArray.length; x++) {
                        System.out.print("{" + myStringArray[x] + "}");
                }

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