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    Question How to remove letters

    how do you remove letters in a string?


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    Default Re: How to remove letters

    Create a new string that doesn't contain the character in question
    public static String removeChar(String str, int position)
    {
         return str.subString(0,position)+str.subString(position,str.length());
    }

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    Default Re: How to remove letters

    this might help you a little bit
    public class StringFormat3 {
     
        public static void main(String[] args) {
     
            String name;
     
            name = "zabdiel";
     
            //dont bother this part.. its only for measuring the lenght of a strings ,using .length() method.
            System.out.println("Your name consists of " + name.length() + " characters");
     
            //the following statements shows how to extract a character or a String in a String.
            System.out.println(name.substring(0,1));
            System.out.println(name.substring(1,2));
            System.out.println(name.substring(2,3));
            System.out.println(name.substring(3,4));
            System.out.println(name.substring(4,5));
            System.out.println(name.substring(5,6));
            System.out.println(name.substring(6,7));
        }
    }

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    Default Re: How to remove letters

    another example..

    this one will show you how to extract or remove a String.
    this one differs to my first example..
    public class Sample1 {
     
        public static void main(String[] args) {
     
            String name = "Zabdiel";
     
            String extracted1,
                   extracted2,
                   extracted3;
     
            extracted1 = name.substring(1);
            extracted2 = name.substring(2);
            extracted3 = name.substring(3);
     
            System.out.println(extracted1);
            System.out.println(extracted2);
            System.out.println(extracted3);
        }
    }

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    Default Re: How to remove letters

    How about using a StringBuilder?

    StringBuilder (Java Platform SE 6), int)

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    Default Re: How to remove letters

    ei.. in string builder? extract a string? can you please give a little example of that using stringbuilder sir?
    tnx in advance!!

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    Default Re: How to remove letters

    How about this then.

            final StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder("Please remove me");
            System.out.println(stringBuilder.toString());
     
            stringBuilder.delete(7, 14);
            System.out.println(stringBuilder.toString());

    Output:

    Please remove me
    Please me
    // Json

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    Default Re: How to remove letters

    ahh .delete() method.. whaa didnt notice it

    hmmm ill keep that one

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    Default Re: How to remove letters

    ahh theres a difference in .substring() method and .delete() method..

    in substring() method it extracts the location of the specified character or string.
    while in delete() method it deletes or removes the excess character or string behind the corresponding character that the users wants to display.

    do i make sense sir?

    hehe

    StringBuilder.delete(intial value of the character that wil be displayed , the succeeding values that will be deleted);

    StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder("zabdiel");
    stringBuilder.delete(1,7);

    output:

    z
    Last edited by chronoz13; October 3rd, 2009 at 04:39 AM.

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    Default Re: How to remove letters

    delete is only available on the StringBuilder though I believe.

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    Default Re: How to remove letters

    use BufferString class is a good idea.

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    Default Re: How to remove letters

    how sir? can you show a little example?

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    Default Re: How to remove letters

    for example:if you want remove letters "ge" from string "gehaiming",you could do like the follow code.
    StringBuffer sb=new StringBuffer("gehaiming");
    sb=sb.replace(0,2,"");

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