Pattern to extract text java

Asked Dec 16 '18 at 16:24

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I am extracting lines of text in Java and then identifying certain values within the text. I need to create two getters to obtain them (as seen in Example 1 and 2).

How to extract string between characters?

First example

<element> or <element text="">

with the desired outcome being the word element.

Second example

<element>VALUE</element>

with the desired outcome being the word VALUE. I would guess the best way would be pattern matching?

asked Dec 16 '18 at 16:24

PrStu01

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It sounds like you are trying to parse XML. In that case, a naive "extract everything between two characters" won't work well - you'll need an XML parser. – RealSkeptic Dec 16 '18 at 16:30
2

https://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454/2970947 – Elliott Frisch Dec 16 '18 at 16:32
What if your first example is followed by `x`? Would you still want `element` or `x`? – rustyx Dec 16 '18 at 16:45
@rustyx I would still like element – PrStu01 Dec 16 '18 at 16:47
@PrStu01 Is your text in XML format or these tags occur randomly in text which is read? – J.Kennsy Dec 16 '18 at 16:50

Pattern to extract text java

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