advice on writing parser programs

[burchill]

I am writing a program that will convert guitar tablature text files in
to html files.

The problem is that guitar tabs on the internet are slightly different
in format, is there any classes in the java api that help identify
strings ?.

 

[John C. Bollinger]

I am writing a program that will convert guitar tablature text files in
to html files.

The problem is that guitar tabs on the internet are slightly different
in format, is there any classes in the java api that help identify
strings ?.

String.equals()
String.startWith()
String.endsWith()
String.indexOf()
String.matches()

java.util.regex.Pattern
java.util.regex.Matcher

java.util.StringTokenizer

various java.util.text.Format implementations
Integer.valueOf(), etc.

and many more.


John Bollinger
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Carl Howells]

I am writing a program that will convert guitar tablature text files in
to html files.

The problem is that guitar tabs on the internet are slightly different
in format, is there any classes in the java api that help identify
strings ?.

For a very powerful way to write parsers, take a look at
parser-generating programs, like JavaCC.

 

[Peter Ashford]

For a very powerful way to write parsers, take a look at
parser-generating programs, like JavaCC.

Or ANTLR