Problem with sax parser

Hello..
I have the following problem. When I parse an xml document with blank spaces and numbers with decimals, its sometimes comes out as one string and sometimes as two, for example "First A" sometimes comes out as "First" and "A" and sometimes as "First A", which is how its stored in the xml file. Same with numbers like 19.20. Im enclosing a little of my code..
public void characters(char buf[], int offset, int len)
throws SAXException
if (textBuffer != null) {
SaveString = ""+textBuffer;
if(i>-1)
numbers = SaveString;
Whats wrong and how do I fix it.
Best Regards Dan
PS I have more code, in data and out data if needed.Ds

Hello,
I do not know if this is your problem, yet please find hereafter an excerpt of the SAX API:
public void characters(char[] ch,
                       int start,
                       int length)
                throws SAXException
... SAX parsers may return all contiguous character data in a single chunk, or they may split it into several chunks;...
... Note that some parsers will report whitespace in element content using the ignorableWhitespace method rather than this one (validating parsers must do so)...
In other words, I am afraid that your issue is the "standard behaviour" of a SAX parser.
I hope it helps.

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