RE: Format a string

Thanks David.

This is what I came up with:
public class TestFormat {

        public static void main(String[] args) {
                
                String before = "1111222233334444";
                DecimalFormat fmt = new
DecimalFormat("####,####,####,####");
                String after = fmt.format(new
BigDecimal(before)).replace(',', '-');
                System.out.println(after);
                System.exit(0);
                
        }
}

Anybody know if there is a way to get "####-####-####-####" pattern to
work in this case?  I tried it and the result is not what I expected.



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Gibbs
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:57 PM
To: Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400
Subject: Re: Format a string

Lim Hock-Chai wrote:
> can somebody give me an example of an easy way to format a string like

> rpg %editc or %editw bif does to format a numeric field?

For a strictly numeric field, I would use java.text.NumberFormat.

> Example: If I got a string that contains value of 1111222233334444 and
> the format word/code is '    -    -    -    ' , the result of the
> formatted string should be 1111-2222-3333-4444.

Not sure NumberFormat could handle that kind of formatting ... but check
the subclasses of java.text.Format.

david

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