Getting a double out of a string

Question

i have a string containing the following: \"Did It Your Way, 11.95 The History of Scotland, 14.50, Learn Calculus in One Day, 29.95\" is there any way to get the doubles fro

Answer 1

String text = "Did It Your Way, 11.95 The History of Scotland, 14.50, Learn Calculus in One Day, 29.95";

List foundDoubles = Lists.newLinkedList();

String regularExpressionForDouble = "((\\d)+(\\.(\\d)+)?)";
Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile(regularExpressionForDouble).matcher(text);
while (matcher.find()) {
    String doubleAsString = matcher.group();
    Double foundDouble = Double.valueOf(doubleAsString);
    foundDoubles.add(foundDouble);
}

System.out.println(foundDoubles);