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Try this?

Posted by richard on February 23, 2001 at 5:06 AM

> I am new to java...& i have this project coming up..I'm been tring to do a search for a string feature in the project..The text i want to search is inputted through the JOptionPane & the area to be searched is JTextArea...After i find the string how can i get it selected in the JTextArea..
> Thanx in Advance..Pramod Chaly

I haven't bothered to look up the exact methods (but then neither have you!). Try something like this:

search for the substring using the indexOf method of the String Class - this returns the starting point of your target string. Then use the setSelectionStart and setSelectionEnd methods of the JTextArea.

hope this helps

richard