searchin for more Strings in a Text

[gazale_m]

Please, I need your HELP!! In my Program, I open a file, read it line by line and find the word „Page“in it.
Now I will that my Program find more than 1 word. :confused:

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String line = dis.readLine();
int linem =1;
while (line != null) {
             String searchText = "Page";
            if(line.indexOf(searchText) !=-1) // or if(line.contains(searchText))
                   {
                  underline(line,searchText);
                    }
           linem++;
         line = dis.readLine();
}
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Thanks for your Help!

[xcallmejudasx]

You mean you want to find multiple occurances of Page; or you want to find different words(Page, Chapter) at the same time?

[Eranga]

You want to find only one? Can you explain it more clearly. If a line of the file as follows what's your expectation as the result.

This page has more page words.

[gazale_m]

yes I need to find more words. That means in your (Eranga) sentence :

This page has more page words.

I want to find : page and word (for example)

Note !!! ::eek:
1. my program underlines the words.
2. I dont want to give out how many times the file contains the word.

thank you for your Help!

[CJSLMAN]

• Populate an array with the words you want to look for
• Create a "for" loop that takes each word from the array and compares against the sentence (like you do currently)
• Maybe something like:

For (i=0; i < myArray.length; i++)
    {
     Underline stuff;
    }

Luck,
CJSL

[gazale_m]

Thanks, it remind me of a good solution :

String searchText = "Page";
String searchText1 = "State";
if((line.indexOf(searchText) !=-1) || (line.indexOf(searchText1) !=-1))
{
underline(line,searchText);
underline(line,searchText1);
}

its not a nice way but it does the work. I prefere to use Regular Expression but still don't know hoe the method works !!:cool:

[CJSLMAN]

That is not a good solution. It's functional, but not good. The way it is coded, only one of the conditions of the "if" statement has to be true for it to enter the code in the "if" and I don't know if the underline method can handle a condition where the word is NOT in the sentence.
Again, a more robust solution would be to use an array and a loop (ex: for loop). These are not complex commands and very useful.
The "for" loop would look something like:

For (i=0; i < myArray.length; i++)
    {
     if (line.indexOf(myArray[i] != -1)
      {
       underline(line,myArray[i]);
      }
    }

Some links:
Arrays:
Arrays (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language > Language Basics)
for loops:
The for Statement (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language > Language Basics)
Java SE API 6:
Java Platform SE 6
Sun Java tutorial:
The Java™ Tutorials

Luck,
CJSL

[Eranga]

yes I need to find more words. That means in your (Eranga) sentence :

I want to find : page and word (for example)

Note !!! ::eek:
1. my program underlines the words.
2. I dont want to give out how many times the file contains the word.

thank you for your Help!

I'm bit confusing on this lol. Do you want to underline all words or the occurrence of two words next to each other?

[gazale_m]

to CJSLMAN :
thanks for the links but I think instead of Arrays I could use List<String>! do you know a link about it too? or could you give me an example?

List<String> woerter = new ArrayList<String>();

how can I use it in my Prog.?

String line = dis.readLine();
			      int linem =1;
			      while (line != null) {
			    	  
			            System.out.println(line);
			            String searchText ="Page" ;
			            String searchText1 ="State" ;
			            
			           if((line.contains(searchText))||(line.contains(searchText1))){
			           //if(line.indexOf(searchText) !=-1){
			           	   underline(line,searchText);
			        	   underline(line,searchText1);
			            }
			      linem++;            
		          line = dis.readLine();

to Eranga:
I kann find the words now and underline them too. But what I want is to find more Words !!