extracting sustrings from a string and store it in an array

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Hi

I want to extract sustrings from a string and want to store in an array.
The string is dynamic it will change but the criteria to extract substring is same.
say for example a string str="something is [!better] than [!nothing]"
so i need to extract [!better] and [!nothing] from the string and store it in a string array, the string is dynamic it changes but i need to extract data between [ and ] including both the square brackets.
If anybody can send any sample code, I will be very thankfull.
Thanks

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Re: extracting sustrings from a string and store it in an array

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int openBracket = 0;
int closeBracket = 0;
ArrayList subs = new ArrayList();
//you'll want to use a loop here to check
//if there are no more matches
 
//gets indexes
openBracket = str.IndexOf("[", openBracket);
closeBracket = str.IndexOf("]", openBracket);
 
//add substring
//i think you need the + 1 to include the ']'
subs.add(str.substring(openBracket, closeBracket - openBracket + 1));
 
//resets position
openBracket = closeBracket;
int openBracket = 0;
int closeBracket = 0;
ArrayList subs = new ArrayList();
//you'll want to use a loop here to check
//if there are no more matches

//gets indexes
openBracket = str.IndexOf("[", openBracket);
closeBracket = str.IndexOf("]", openBracket);

//add substring
//i think you need the + 1 to include the ']'
subs.add(str.substring(openBracket, closeBracket - openBracket + 1));

//resets position
openBracket = closeBracket;

Last edited by dickersonka; Sep 16th, 2008 at 11:50 am.

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