Trim() doesn't trim()

[trl]

Hello,

I'm trying to read comma separated data but there are some blank spaces wreaking havoc. So I tried the trim() method to remove the spaces since from the book it looked straight forward. Not.

Here's what I thought would work (just to remove the spaces):

File file0 = new File("DataFile.txt");

Scanner readFromFile = new Scanner(file0);//open from file
String fileLineOld,
fileLineNew1;

while(readFromFile.hasNextLine())
{

fileLineOld = readFromFile.nextLine();//read from file
System.out.println(fileLineOld);

fileLineNew1 = fileLineOld.trim();
System.out.println(fileLineNew1);

}//end while


Here's the output:

(a space here)950, 624, 27.4, 21.4, 70, 6.0, 23.0,264, 4,305,308,298,356,17.13
950, 624, 27.4, 21.4, 70, 6.0, 23.0,264, 4,305,308,298,356,17.13

It gets rid of the first space but nothing else.

What am I missing.

Thanks for any help.

[Norm]

What was in the DataFile.txt?
What do you expect the trim() method to do?
To see if there are leading or trailing spaces in a String when you print it add delimiters:
System.out.println(">"+ fileLineNew1 + "<");

[Junky]

The trim method removes leading and trailing spaces. Nothing else. If you have spaces in the middle of the String then you need to handle them yourself.

[trl]

The trim method removes leading and trailing spaces. Nothing else. If you have spaces in the middle of the String then you need to handle them yourself.

Oh brother. I was afraid you were going to say that...

Norm, fileLineOld has one record. I just used println to compare the differences. It was just an experiment to see what would work. Ultimately, I'll have to replace each record with "spaceless" records into a new file or rewrite to the original file (that makes me nervous even though I have many copies). And then do the other stuff.

Thanks guys.

[DarrylBurke]

Go through the Strnig API. I can think of two methods that can do what you want. One uses a regex, the other doesn't.

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