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    Question split() method question

    Hello, i'd like to know what do the following mean in java?

    .split("/")
    .split("\\.")

    Also while iterating, for example:
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    for(i=0; i<numbers.length;i++)
    [/code=Java]

    when is i=0 and i=1 used? how do i know when to use 0 or 1?

    Thanks for your answers in advance.


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    Default Re: split() method question

    Those are calls to the method: split()

    Read the API doc for the String class to see what the split() method does.
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    Default Re: split() method question

    Quote Originally Posted by hemla View Post
    when is i=0 and i=1 used? how do i know when to use 0 or 1?
    Here is a basket. There are 10 eggs in the basket.
    The computer sees egg numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; you start with zero
    The program is to print out stickers to number the eggs for a party. You want 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; you start with 1

    But as far as your code sample:
    for(i=0;i<numbers.length;i++)
    For the egg example a println on numbers.length would print 10. In the above for loop i would be 0 on the first iteration and 9 on the last iteration that executed the body of the loop, and 10 on the cycle that exits the loop. So in a sense they are 1 through 10 as people count them, but the computer counts them 0 through 9.
    Consider the egg samples:
    //Note i=0 and the use of <
    for(i=0;i<eggsInBasket;i++) {
       //println: This is egg number i+1;
    }
    //vs the following loop using i=1 to do the same:
    //Note i=1 and the use of <=
    for(i=1; i<=eggsInBasket;i++) {
       //println: This is egg number i;
    }
    In the first loop you have to add 1 to i to print 1-10 rather than 0-9.
    In the second loop you print 1-10 without that addition.
    Rather than use i=1 you sometimes see something like:
    for(int i=0; i<eggsInBasket; ) {
       System.out.println("This is egg number: " + ++i);
    }
    ...where the loop is controlled within the body being executed.

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