deleting sections of char arrays

atekippe

does anyone know if you can delete part of a character array or parse it·to 4 specific numbers.· What I"m trying to do is extrapolate the numerics in this string which is outputted from a measuring device?· Is it like the buffer.delete command?

ePEAK 0.0076 in.

Thanks

atekippe
ISU·

Peter Verkaik

You can use the bscanf() method in class Format.
If your input string is stored in a char array:

static char[noparse]/noparse myArray = new char[noparse][[/noparse]100];

Suppose your string "ePEAK 0.0076 in" starts at offset 12

static int[noparse]/noparse digit0 = new int[noparse][[/noparse]1];
static int[noparse]/noparse digit1 = new int[noparse][[/noparse]1];
static int[noparse]/noparse digit2 = new int[noparse][[/noparse]1];
static int[noparse]/noparse digit3 = new int[noparse][[/noparse]1];
int k = 12; //set offset
k = Format.bscanf(myArray,k,"ePEAK 0.%1.1d",digit0);·//load 0 into digit0[noparse][[/noparse]0]
k = Format.bscanf(myArray,k,"%1.1d",digit0);·//load 0 into digit1[noparse][[/noparse]0]
k = Format.bscanf(myArray,k,"%1.1d",digit0);·//load 7 into digit2[noparse][[/noparse]0]
k = Format.bscanf(myArray,k,"%1.1d",digit0);·//load 6 into digit3[noparse][[/noparse]0]

or use a single int to store the fraction (4 digits is 0-9999)
k = Format.bscanf(myArray,k,"ePEAK 0.%4.4d",digit0);·//load 0076 into digit0[noparse][[/noparse]0]

You find the Format class here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/javelinstamp/files/Javelin%20Stamp%20IDE/lib/stamp/util/text/

There is also a sscanf() method, but this always starts scanning at offset 0.

regards peter