String operations in Java with examples

Tommy 48 Published: 11/01/2024

String operations in Java with examples

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String Operations in Java:

Java provides various methods and operations for manipulating strings. Here are some common string operations with examples:

Concatenation: The + operator can be used to concatenate (join) two or more strings.

Example:

String str1 = "Hello";

String str2 = "World!";


String result = str1 + " " + str2;


System.out.println(result); // Output: Hello World!
Substring Extraction: The substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex) method can be used to extract a part of a string.

Example:

String str = "HelloWorld!";

String result = str.substring(0, 5);


System.out.println(result); // Output: Hello
IndexOf: The indexOf(String str) method finds the index of the first occurrence of the specified substring in this string.

Example:

String str = "Hello World!";

int result = str.indexOf("World");


System.out.println(result); // Output: 6
LastIndexOf: The lastIndexOf(String str) method finds the index of the last occurrence of the specified substring in this string.

Example:

String str = "Hello World! Hello Java!";

int result = str.lastIndexOf("Java");


System.out.println(result); // Output: 14
Trim: The trim() method removes whitespace from both ends of a string.

Example:

String str = "   Hello, World!   ";

String result = str.trim();


System.out.println(result); // Output: Hello, World!
ToUpperCase/ToLowerCase: These methods convert the entire string to uppercase or lowercase.

Example (converting to uppercase):

String str = "Hello, World!";

String result = str.toUpperCase();


System.out.println(result); // Output: HELLO, WORLD!
Replace: The replace(String oldPattern, String newPattern) method replaces all occurrences of a substring with another string.

Example:

String str = "Hello, Java! Hello, Python!";

String result = str.replace("Java", "C#");


System.out.println(result); // Output: Hello, C#! Hello, Python!
Split: The split(String regex) method splits this string into an array of strings around each occurrence of the specified regular expression.

Example:

String str = "Hello, World! Java, Python!";

String[] result = str.split(",");


System.out.println(result[0]); // Output: Hello, World!

These are just a few examples of the many string operations available in Java. You can use these methods and operations to manipulate strings according to your needs.

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String Handling functions in Java

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String handling is a fundamental part of any programming language, and Java is no exception. Here are some common string handling functions in Java:

concat(String str): This method concatenates the specified string with the current string. It returns a new string resulting from appending the passed-in string to this object's value.

Example:

String str = "Hello";

str = str.concat(" World");


System.out.println(str); // Outputs: Hello World
indexOf(String str): This method returns the index of the first occurrence of the specified substring, or -1 if it is not found.

Example:

String str = "Hello World";

int pos = str.indexOf("World");


System.out.println(pos); // Outputs: 6
lastIndexOf(String str): This method returns the index of the last occurrence of the specified substring, or -1 if it is not found.

Example:

String str = "Hello World";

int pos = str.lastIndexOf("World");


System.out.println(pos); // Outputs: 6
replace(char oldChar, char newChar): This method returns a string resulting from replacing each occurrence of the old character with the new character.

Example:

String str = "Hello";

str = str.replace('o', 'O');


System.out.println(str); // Outputs: HellO
substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex): This method returns a new string that is a substring of this sequence. The substring begins at the specified begin index and extends to the character at the end index.

Example:

String str = "Hello World";

str = str.substring(6);


System.out.println(str); // Outputs: World
toLowerCase() and toUpperCase(): These methods return a string where all uppercase characters are converted to lowercase or vice versa.

Examples:

String str = "HELLO";

str = str.toLowerCase();


System.out.println(str); // Outputs: hello


String str2 = "hello";


str2 = str2.toUpperCase();


System.out.println(str2); // Outputs: HELLO
trim(): This method returns a string where leading and trailing whitespace characters are removed.

Example:

String str = "   Hello World   ";

str = str.trim();


System.out.println(str); // Outputs: Hello World
split(String regex): This method splits this string into an array of strings around matches of the given regular expression. The split() function is overloaded and accepts different forms of the input.

Example:

String str = "Hello,World,Sun,Moon";

String[] arr = str.split(",");


System.out.println(Arrays.toString(arr)); // Outputs: [Hello, World, Sun, Moon]
equals(Object obj): This method returns true if this String object represents the same string using case-insensitive comparison.

Example:

String str1 = "hello";

String str2 = "HELLO";


boolean result = str1.equals(str2);


System.out.println(result); // Outputs: true

These are some of the most common string handling functions in Java. There are many more methods available, and mastering these will help you to efficiently handle strings in your programs.

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