Need help on udf by my requirement

Question

Hi folks,
I am working on file to idoc
My input file has 1 field and output Idoc has 5 records.
in my input Account field has length 16.   in this length 16. this field is mapping to all the fields of output.
for example account field has    1234 67 86 34 33.  I need to map 1234 to field 1
67 to field 2
86 to field 3
34 to filed 4
33 to field 5.
for every space we need to split and need to map output field.   after completing this I need to sort the field 1 of output.  please explain me.   Account data may very
examples  input file :
1238 67 86 34 33
1234 66 86 34 33
need output as   1234  67 86 34 33
                            1238  66 86 34 33
here only first field is sorted i.e 1234 and 1238 ....remainiing fields need to be same
ur help is highly appreciated.
Thanks,
enivass

Answer 1

Hi,
Since you can have spaces any where in the file/field, use "String Tokenizer" concept, you will not need java mapping, you can use graphical mapping and write UDF by selecting "All values of the Queue/Context"
Here are some useful links:
Re: Split a string with character "+" as separator
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/StringTokenizer.html
http://www.javafaq.nu/java-example-code-195.html
http://www.devdaily.com/java/edu/pj/pj010006/ - Concept
http://download-llnw.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/StringTokenizer.html - Concept
http://www.java-examples.com/java-stringtokenizer---specify-delimiter-example - with Delimiter
Regards,
Pavan