masking

[r0n]

hello everyone

how can i mask a date using [mm/dd/yyyy] and [mm/dd/yy] format in textbox in java?..

and how can i also mask the amount of money using[###,###,###.##] this format?..

thanks!

[javaAddict]

java.text.SimpleDateFormat
java.text.DecimalFormat

[r0n]

i already tried that one...

but i need the masking for searching some data in my file....

thanks

[javaAddict]

i already tried that one...

but i need the masking for searching some data in my file....

thanks

Can you elaborate that please?

[Jocamps]

it's called regular expressions (java.util.regex)
take a look in here:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/regex/

[r0n]

Can you elaborate that please?

my issue here is that i do have a text file where it is consist of dates and amount...

the format is [mm/dd/yyyy] for date
and for the amount is [###,###,###.##]

how can i mask the textbox for searching the date and amount for my text file?

thanks for the help!^_^

[JamesCherrill]

Have a look at:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/formattedtextfield.html

[javaAddict]

how can i mask the textbox for searching the date and amount for my text file?

This still doesn't make any sense.
What is the format of your file. Based on what you say why don't you read the file line by line and then do whatever you want?