Parsing File name of a doc file of java

Question

I want to parse the file names of multiple doc files (MS office) using java. How should I go about doing this?

I was able to find an API on extracting info from the doc itself, but I can't find information on the file name itself.

So say I have a doc file XX_232312_22, I want to just parse the file name (ie 232312 part).

EDIT: What would we do if we need to parse more than just one file? For instance, all 1000 files in one directory?

So you mean you want to angelsoft2311 out of angelsoft2311-1? Am I right? OR do you have anymore issues in getting file name. — Smit
– Smit, Commented Jun 4, 2013 at 16:07
Actually file names are like this XX_232121_00 . So I want to extract 232121 from the file name. — user17651
– user17651, Commented Jun 4, 2013 at 16:11
Do you have the filenames or just the directory names? Btw, if you have more than one question to ask, you should post separate questions. — waldol1
– waldol1, Commented Jun 4, 2013 at 16:32

waldol1 · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-04 16:16:55Z

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String[] parts = filename.split("-");
parts[0] // part before dash
parts[1] // part after dash

EDIT:

OP changed the format of the filename to XX_filename__00.

It would then be

String[] parts = filename.split("_");
parts[0] // part before first _
parts[1] // part between two _
parts[2] // part after second _

answered Jun 4, 2013 at 16:08

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Adarsh · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-04 16:10:31Z

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This should work for you.

fileName.split("-")[0]

answered Jun 4, 2013 at 16:10

Adarsh

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