need to write java program to fetch specific text

Question

so i dont have any idea how do i write such program ..please help...

so i want to write a program in java which reads the text between two strings

like i the full text is

             <name> XYZ </name>

so here i want to read the XYZ which can be anything i need the code so that it matches

        <name> ---- </name> and fetch the string in between them

and save it to a string..

please help me on this ..i dont know where to start..

i think i need to use regular expresion that matches the pattern

            <name>  </name>

but dont know how to do that....please suggest.........

why not try any XML parser?.. Jdom? – TheLostMind Mar 27 '14 at 16:07 — TheLostMind, Mar 27 '14 at 16:07

ludo_rj · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-27T16:25:05.677

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import java.util.regex.*;

final Pattern p = Pattern.compile("<name>(.+?)</name>");
final Matcher m = p.matcher("<name>any string you want to retrieve</name>");
m.find();
System.out.println(m.group(1));

then you can assign your matcher result to a String for further processing.

edited Mar 27 '14 at 16:25

answered Mar 27 '14 at 16:13

ludo_rj

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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: No match found at java.util.regex.Matcher.group(Unknown Source) at org.read.Read.main(Read.java:16) – roanjain Mar 27 '14 at 16:18
do i need to add something or is it the complete code...help !! – roanjain Mar 27 '14 at 16:19
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just fixed the tag property and the required import – ludo_rj Mar 27 '14 at 16:26
@roanjain Mandatory link regarding this approach http://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454/1393766 – Pshemo Mar 27 '14 at 21:31

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