get text between two tags in a string

[Janne ukko]

Hello!

if i have a String that look like this

String s="[tag]jajasljalfjasljldjdasld[/tag][tag12]afalejljldjlefe[/tag12]";

how can i do to only get the text that is inside the [tag][/tag]

regards

[Joel McNary]

Look at the .indexOf and .substring methods

String s="[tag]jajasljalfjasljldjdasld[/tag][tag12]afalejljldjlefe[/tag12]";
int startPosition = s.indexOf("[tag]") + "[tag]".length();
int endPosition = s.indexOf("[/tag]", startPosition);
String subS = s.substring(startPosition, endPosition);

[Stan James]

Well, we're in advanced so I'll bring up Regular Expressions. You can compile a Pattern object then use its methods to get a Matcher for your input string and use find() and group() methods to get what was found. I hope that used just enough of the right words to get you started in the JavaDoc. Holler if you'd like examples. I have something almost exactly like what you need.