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Java String Methods Overview

String is a class in Java that represents character sequences and can be manipulated using methods like equals(), length(), substring(), indexOf(), and compareTo(). These methods allow retrieving portions of strings, comparing strings, determining lengths, and searching within strings. Key string methods return boolean, integer, or string values and take string parameters to operate on a specified portion or location within a string.

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Java String Methods Overview

String is a class in Java that represents character sequences and can be manipulated using methods like equals(), length(), substring(), indexOf(), and compareTo(). These methods allow retrieving portions of strings, comparing strings, determining lengths, and searching within strings. Key string methods return boolean, integer, or string values and take string parameters to operate on a specified portion or location within a string.

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String Processing in

Java
String is a class
• In Java, String is a class
– Built in to Java
– Manipulated via methods like any Java class
• Methods defined on the String class
– equals()
– length()
– substring()
– indexOf()
– compareTo()
Calling Methods on Strings
• Methods on strings are instance methods
– Instance of String, followed by
– a period
– followed by the method name
– followed by the parameter list in parentheses
• E.g.
– [Link](3,4);
– myString above must be declared as a string.
Equals Method
• Takes a single parameter, a String
• Returns a boolean
– True if the String parameter matches the object
equals() is invoked on, false otherwise
– Example:
String foo = “abc”;
[Link](“abc”) // Evaluates to true
[Link](“xyz”) // Evaluates to false
• Don’t compare strings using ==
– E.g. if (mystring==yourstring)…
– Java will let you, but it won’t do what you expect
Length() Method
• Takes no parameters
• Returns an integer, the length of the string
on which it was called
• For example:
String s1= “abcde”;
String s2= “ghij”;
[Link]([Link]());//5
[Link]([Link]());//4
substring() Method
• Used to get a portion of an existing string
• Can have 2 integer arguments, start and end
– Returns the substring that starts at position start and
ends before position end
– Example:
String str = “ABCDE”;
[Link]([Link](1,3);
//outputs BC
[Link]([Link](0,4));
// outputs ABCD
• Note that characters are numbered from zero!
substring() Method Cont’d
• Can call the substring method with one argument, start
• Returns the portion of the string that starts at position
start and continues to the end of the string.
String str=“uvwxyz”;
[Link]([Link](4));
//prints yz
• Note once again that numbering starts at 0
– The character numbered 4 is actually the fifth character in the
string.
indexOf() Method
• indexOf searches a string for an occurrence of a
substring
• Takes an argument, a substring to search for
• Returns an integer
– The position of the substring in the string it is called on
– -1 if the substring is not found
– As always, numbering starts at zero
String st=“abcdefg”;
[Link]([Link](“de”));
//prints 3
[Link]([Link](“ed”));
//prints -1
compareTo() method
• Takes 1 parameter, a string str
• Returns an integer with the following sign:
– Positive if the string it is called on comes after str in
alphabetical order
– Negative if it comes before
– Zero if the strings are the same
• Example:
String x=“bbb”;
[Link](“aaa”) will be positive.
[Link](“ccc”) will be negative.
[Link](“bbb”) will be zero.

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