Organize Summary of String?

Question

I'm new to java and would be delighted if somebody here can point me in the right direction in getting some information.

I am trying to create a Java program that would allow me to enter a string in a certain format (for instance a tweet with the @ and hashtags) and produce a summary of all the information i input and put them in categories (going back to the tweet example, things like name, tweet text, hashtag, etc)

as i've said before, i'm new at this so i do not even know the term of what i'm looking for and what to google. Anything that can help me will be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

It seems you need to learn regular expression in Java Here is an official tutorial from Oracle:

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/regex/

This is also an interesting, easy to follow, article that teaches you the basics

http://www.vogella.com/articles/JavaRegularExpressions/article.html