what is the Java equivalent of sscanf for parsing values from a string using a known pattern?

Question

So I come from a C background (originally originally, though I haven\'t used that language for almost 5 years) and I\'m trying to parse some values from a string in Java. In

Answer 1

Here is a solution using scanners:

Scanner scanner = new Scanner("17-MAR-11 15.52.25.000000000");

Scanner dayScanner = new Scanner(scanner.next());
Scanner timeScanner = new Scanner(scanner.next());

dayScanner.useDelimiter("-");
System.out.println("day=" + dayScanner.nextInt());
System.out.println("month=" + dayScanner.next());
System.out.println("year=" + dayScanner.nextInt());

timeScanner.useDelimiter("\\.");
System.out.println("hour=" + timeScanner.nextInt());
System.out.println("min=" + timeScanner.nextInt());
System.out.println("sec=" + timeScanner.nextInt());
System.out.println("fracpart=" + timeScanner.nextInt());