Period parse(CharSequence text) example
Description
Period parse(CharSequence text) creates a Period from a text string such as PnYnMnD.
For example, the following are valid inputs:
"P2Y" -- Period.ofYears(2)
"P3M" -- Period.ofMonths(3)
"P4W" -- Period.ofWeeks(4)
"P5D" -- Period.ofDays(5)
"P2Y2M3D" -- Period.of(2, 2, 3)
"P2Y2M3W4D" -- Period.of(2, 2, 25)
"P-2Y2M" -- Period.of(-2, 2, 0)
"-P2Y2M" -- Period.of(-2, -2, 0)
Syntax
parse has the following syntax.
public static Period parse(CharSequence text)
Example
The following example shows how to use parse.
import java.time.Period;
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public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Period p = Period.parse("P5D");
System.out.println(p.toString());
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
