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    Default Isolating a single word from user input...

    I need to isolate a word that starts with a hashtag (#) from a string of user input. For example if the user enters "Hi how #are you today" i need the program to print out "#are".

    My thought process was to try to isolate the substring from the index of the # to the next space, but I do not know how to get it to recognize the index of the next space instead of just the first space in the string. So my code for this action looks a little like this right now:

    tweet = keyboard.nextLine();
    int pos = tweet.indexOf("#");
    String hashtag = tweet.substring(pos, " ");
    System.out.println("Hashtag: " + hashtag);

    ANY advice would be helpful. Also I have not learned about loops or arrays yet so if there is anyway to do this without them that would be great!


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    Default Re: Isolating a single word from user input...

    I think your problem can be easily solved. There are many ways in which you can use the <String>.indexOf() method...
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    Default Re: Isolating a single word from user input...

    get it to recognize the index of the next space
    Read the API doc for the indexOf() method. It's all there.

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    THANK YOU GUYS! i hadn't thought of trying it that way! Needless to say, it works now!

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