Multiple column in the file

Question

the file record have 4 field and storing the records in string[]
record=bufferedReader.readLine();
String[] str = record.split("    ");  
System.out.println(str[2]);These code will print the 3 column of the file but if we want to read each element of str[2]; then how to do that

Answer 1

When you call split, everything from the start to the delimiter is stored in the array. Then delimiter itself is not. So, :
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          String test = "\"Larry\",\"Moe\",\"Curly\"\t1234,5432,97854";
          String [] arr = test.split("\t");     //Split the test string at any tab
          for(String s : arr)
               System.out.println(s);
          String [][] arr2 = new String[arr.length][];
          for(int i = 0; i< arr.length; i++){
               arr2[i] = arr.split(","); //loop thru the array created by the first split, and split it at any comma
               for(int j = 0; j<arr2[i].length; j++)
                    System.out.println("\t" + arr2[i][j]);
Of course, this will only work if you know the format of the data, but since you need the format to start with, then you should easily be able to figure it out.
~Tim