java - How to get rid of text at the start of a string? -

i have text file, , starts off text before getting data need program. how go getting rid of text , pick data behind it?

the file reads so:

text text text text text text text text 2010 1 0.00 0.00 0.00

i'd totally skip text , straight data starts 2010.

my current way of reading text file , sorting array using scanner() so:

public void readfile(){     int = 0;     int j = 0;     int k = 0;     while(rainfile.hasnext()){          string = rainfile.next();         sorteddata[i][j][k] = a;         k++;         if(k==31){             j++;             k=0;             if(j==12){                 i++;                 j=0;             }         }     }      } 

my array being sorted fine, short of manually deleting text @ start of file don't know how exclude it.

thanks in advance.

you can use string#indexof(string str) method find first occurence of 2010. example:

string text = "text text text text text text text text 2010 1 0.00 0.00 0.00"; string start = text.substring(text.indexof("2010")); system.out.println(start); 

this piece of code give output 2010 1 0.00 0.00 0.00.