String manipulation

[pouncer]

Hi guys, I'm looking to split my string via the spaces and get all the words apart from the last one. for e.g,

get_lty("CP GF FGT LEDGER") would give me: CP GF FGT
get_lty("BLAH 45RT45 BLa 4 bklahg hi") would give me: BLAH 45RT45 BLa 4 bklahg

can someone help me? thanks

[Norm]

Look at the String class's methods. There is one that will do it for you.

[v.z.afzal@dundee.ac.uk]

String [] sections = "CP GF FGT LEDGER".split(" ");
String finalString ="";
for(int i=0 ; i<sections.length-1 ; i++){
finalString += " " + sections[i];
}
finalString = finalString.trim();

[keang]

That's a little long winded why not just use the lastIndexOf() method to find the location of the last space character and then the substring() method to extract the first part of the string.

[v.z.afzal@dundee.ac.uk]

Good point keang, use that instead.

[ProgramThis]

String [] sections = "CP GF FGT LEDGER".split(" ");
String finalString ="";
for(int i=0 ; i<sections.length-1 ; i++){
finalString += " " + sections[i];
}
finalString = finalString.trim();

While I'm sure the OPs of the couple of posts in which you have given solutions appreciate it, I myself, and a few others here, would appreciate it if you would not so freely perform the work for the OP.

We are here to help them work towards their goal, not give them free solutions, to what most of the time is a homework assignment. Giving them the answer teaches them nothing.

[keang]

While I'm sure the OPs of the couple of posts in which you have given solutions appreciate it, I myself, and a few others here, would appreciate it if you would not so freely perform the work for the OP.

Hear hear.

[Norm]

I'll third that.

[dlorde]

I'll add a belated forth

Real Programmers always confuse Christmas and Halloween because Oct31 == Dec25...
Andrew Rutherford

[keang]

I'll add a belated forth

Better late than never