[TheRaiderNation]

So I'm using Netbeans right now and I'm attempting to read 1 token at a time from a textField, but I don't know the method. In jcreator there was a library I had that allowed for a .readToken(), which would read in words separately. But for the textField the only method I know of is .getText(), but that just gives me everything typed into there, not just one word at a time. I've tried looking for the method but can't find it anywhere. Anyone know what it is, if there is one? Thanks.
Problem solved. New question at post 3.

This post has been edited by TheRaiderNation: 12 May 2010 - 09:23 PM

[macosxnerd101]

I think you will find the StringTokenizer class helpful here, as you can pass a String and have the Tokenizer return tokens based off of a delim.

[TheRaiderNation]

That worked perfectly thanks. One more question though. So now I have it all working well, just need to add in code to check for punctuation and it's perfect. What I want to know is how to set jTextField property to start a new line when the user is typing something in.
So say my jTextField is:
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how do I get it to start a new line when it hits that right border?

[Dogstopper]

You can't with a JTextField...By nature it can only hold one line of text:
http://java.sun.com/...JTextField.html

To do multiline text field, use a JTextArea. To make it word wrapping, use setWrapStyleWord(true):
http://java.sun.com/.../JTextArea.html