what is the Java equivalent of sscanf for parsing values from a string using a known pattern?

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The problem is Java hasn’t out parameters (or passing by reference) as C or C#.

But there is a better way (and more solid). Use regular expressions:

Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(\\d+)-(\\p{Alpha}+)-(\\d+) (\\d+)\\.(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)")
Matcher m = p.matcher("17-MAR-11 15.52.25.000000000");
day = m.group(1);
month= m.group(2);
....

Of course C code is more concise, but this technique has one profit:
Patterns specifies format more precise than ‘%s’ and ‘%d’. So you can use \d{2} to specify that day MUST be compose of exactly 2 digits.

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