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    Default (SOLVED) Getting length of individual token?

    Hello! I'm making a program that formats inputted text based on the line width the user inputs and the type of formatting the user chooses (left-justified, right-justified, centered). I'm not allowed to use arrays for this, so I decided to tokenize the string instead. The problem is, I can't make the next word go down a line after the width of the line has been reached. Here's my code:

    import java.io.*;
    import java.lang.*;
    import java.util.*;
     
    class Format
    {
      public static void main (String[]args)
      {
        String winput, sinput, finput, output;
        int winput2 = 0;
     
        Console console = System.console();
     
        winput = console.readLine("Please enter the width of the line. This must be less than or equal to 80: ");
        winput2 = Integer.parseInt(winput);
     
        while (winput2 > 80)
        {
        	winput = console.readLine("Please enter the width of the line. This must be less than or equal to 80: ");
        	winput2 = Integer.parseInt(winput);	
        }	
     
        sinput = console.readLine("Please enter the text you want to be formatted: ");
        StringTokenizer sinput2 = new StringTokenizer(sinput);
        finput = console.readLine("How do you want to format your text? Choose 'L' for left-justified, 'R' for right-justified, 'C' for centered, or 'Q' to quit the program: ");
     
        if (finput.equals("L"))
        {
          Lformat(winput2, sinput);
        }
        else if (finput.equals("R"))
        { 
          Rformat(winput2, sinput);
        }
      } 
     
      public static void Lformat (int winput, String sinput)
      { 
      	int i, count = 0;
      	for (i=1; i <= winput; i++)
      	{
      		System.out.print("a");
      	}
      	System.out.println();	
      	StringTokenizer sinput2 = new StringTokenizer(sinput);
        while(sinput2.hasMoreTokens())
        {	
          System.out.print(sinput2.nextToken() + " ");
        }	
      } 
     
      public static void Rformat (int winput, String sinput)
      { 
        System.out.println(sinput);
      }  
    }

    In other words, is it possible to get the length of each individual token so I know how much to increment the variable "count"? Being able to do so would allow me to halt the next token from being printed out on the same line if it exceeds the line width. Thanks in advance!
    Last edited by Kimimaru; February 13th, 2011 at 04:37 PM.


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    Default Re: Getting length of individual token?

    while(sinput2.hasMoreTokens())
    {
    System.out.print(sinput2.nextToken() + " ");
    }

    in this when you are printing string tokens , calculate length of each token and add them.
    If sum of the lengths of tokens is greater than winput use println for line break,and make sum variable = size of the token you are printing in new line.
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    Default Re: Getting length of individual token?

    Thanks for the feedback, but my problem was that I didn't know how to get the length of each token. What function can I use to do so?

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    Default Re: Getting length of individual token?

    Read the API for String, in particular the length() method.

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    Default Re: Getting length of individual token?

    I tried: "count = sinput2.length();" and "count = sinput2.length;" and it says it cannot find the symbol of length. I've used length for arrays and normal strings and it worked; I'm not sure why it's erroring up for tokens, though.

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    Default Re: Getting length of individual token?

    You have to get the token, and then check the size.

    StringTokenizer sinput2 = new StringTokenizer(sinput);
    String temp = sinput2.nextToken();
    System.out.println(temp.length()); //There is no size() method for the String type. Instead, use length()

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    Default Re: Getting length of individual token?

    This is what I came up with so far:

    while(sinput2.hasMoreTokens())
        {	
          String temp = sinput2.nextToken();
          System.out.println(temp.length());
          count += temp.length();
          if (count > winput)
          {
          	System.out.println();
          }	
          System.out.print(sinput2.nextToken() + " ");
        }

    The problem is, if I type something like "Hello I like to eat food," it will skip every other token (i.e. it will only consider "Hello," "like," and "eat"). This makes it impossible for me to find every individual one and calculate the total length.

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    Default Re: Getting length of individual token?

    You need to change System.out.print(sinput2.nextToken() + " "); to System.out.println(temp + " ");

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    Default Re: Getting length of individual token?

    Okay, left-justification is working fine! Now I need to include right-justification and centered text. My right-justfication code is as follows:

    public static void Rformat(int winput, String sinput)
      {
        int i = 0, count = 0;
     
        // Print out one space to the right since we're filling the entire line
        for (i=2; i <= (winput + 1); i++)
        {
      	  System.out.print("a");
        }
     
        System.out.println();	
        StringTokenizer sinput2 = new StringTokenizer(sinput, " ");
     
        int spaces = 0; // Variable for storing how many spaces we should make
     
        String text = null, space = null;
     
        while(sinput2.hasMoreTokens())
        {    
          String temp = sinput2.nextToken();
          count += temp.length() + 1;
     
          if (count < winput)
          {
    	    text = (text + temp + " ");
          }
          else
          {
    	  // Find out how many spaces we should put on the line
            spaces = (count - winput);
     
    	  // Move all the text to the right one if the line is full
            if (spaces == 0)
            {
    	      text = (" " + text);
    	    }
    	    // Put the amount of spaces we're missing for the next word on this line
    	    else
    	    {
    	      // Add the spaces to the text
    	      for (i = 0; i <= spaces; i++)
    	      {
    	        space = (space + " ");
    	      }
     
    	       // Add the spaces to the actual text
    	       text = (space + text);
    	    }
     
    	    // Print out the text
    	    System.out.println(text);
     
    	    // Set the text to the new word
    	    text = temp;
     
    	    // Set the count to the length of the new word
    	    count = temp.length();
            }
        }
      }

    Now, the code seems fine to me, yet it doesn't work with only one word and it displays "null" 4 times along with the rest of the text when you put in more than one word. Can anyone pinpoint my mistake, please? Thanks in advance!

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    Default Re: Getting length of individual token?

    I think my dear , instead of asking others for pointing out the mistake.You should try it more than 10 times.Because this is the only way to improve your skills.
    I am feeling you are not taking enough efforts to solve your problem.
    you should not be more dependent on others.

    Sorry if i said any thing wrong.!!

    and this thing i would like to tell to every member of this forum,ask questions ,discuss your problems,but after taking enough effort to solve that problem.
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    Default Re: Getting length of individual token?

    Thanks for the advice DanBrown.

    Unfortunately, I had to study all of last week for midterms, so I didn't have the full 2 weeks I needed to spend on this program. On top of this, I have a lot of other work that needs to be done by the end of the week.

    I'm sorry for being so dependent at the moment, but I did put forth effort into the right-justification method. I'm just running low on time and I need to finish this program by then. However, I do analyze the code that is given to me until I understand it, so it's not exactly a copy-paste thing where I have no idea what I just put into my program.

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