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The String class has a set of built-in methods that you can use on strings.

Method Description Return Type

charAt() Returns the character at the specified char

index (position)

codePointAt() Returns the Unicode of the character at int

the specified index

codePointBefore() Returns the Unicode of the character int

before the specified index

codePointCount() Returns the number of Unicode values int

found in a string.

compareTo() Compares two strings lexicographically int

compareToIgnoreCase() Compares two strings lexicographically, int

ignoring case differences

concat() Appends a string to the end of another String

string

contains() Checks whether a string contains a boolean

sequence of characters

contentEquals() Checks whether a string contains the boolean

exact same sequence of characters of
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endsWith() Checks whether a string ends with the boolean

specified character(s)

equals() Compares two strings. Returns true if boolean

the strings are equal, and false if not

equalsIgnoreCase() Compares two strings, ignoring case boolean

considerations

format() Returns a formatted string using the String

specified locale, format string, and
arguments

getBytes() Converts a string into an array of bytes byte[]

getChars() Copies characters from a string to an void

array of chars

hashCode() Returns the hash code of a string int

indexOf() Returns the position of the first found int

occurrence of specified characters in a
string

intern() Returns the canonical representation for String

the string object

isEmpty() Checks whether a string is empty or not boolean

join() Joins one or more strings with a String

specified separator

lastIndexOf() Returns the position of the last found int

occurrence of specified characters in a
string

length() Returns the length of a specified string int

matches() Searches a string for a match against a boolean

regular expression, and returns the
matches

offsetByCodePoints() Returns the index within this String that int

is offset from the given index by

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codePointOffset code points

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regionMatches() Tests if two string regions are equal boolean
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replace() Searches a string for a specified value, String
and returns a new string where the
specified values are replaced

replaceAll() Replaces each substring of this string String

that matches the given regular
expression with the given replacement

replaceFirst() Replaces the first occurrence of a String

substring that matches the given
regular expression with the given
replacement

split() Splits a string into an array of String[]

substrings

startsWith() Checks whether a string starts with boolean

specified characters

subSequence() Returns a new character sequence that CharSequence

is a subsequence of this sequence

substring() Returns a new string which is the String

substring of a specified string

toCharArray() Converts this string to a new character char[]

array

toLowerCase() Converts a string to lower case letters String

toString() Returns the value of a String object String

toUpperCase() Converts a string to upper case letters String

trim() Removes whitespace from both ends of String

a string

valueOf() Returns the string representation of the String

specified value

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