Java String Left left(String baseString, int pos)

Description

left

License

LGPL

Declaration

public static String left(String baseString, int pos) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//  w w w .j  a va  2  s. c  om
* Converts a line of text into an array of lower case words using a
* BreakIterator.wordInstance().
* <p>
* 
* This method is under the Jive Open Source Software License and was written
* by Mark Imbriaco.
* 
* @param text
*          a String of text to convert into an array of words
* @return text broken up into an array of words.
*/

public class Main {

    public static String left(String baseString, int pos) {
        int diLength;
        if (baseString == null || pos <= 0) {
            return null;
        } else {
            diLength = baseString.length();
            if (diLength < pos) {
                return baseString.substring(0);
            } else {
                return baseString.substring(0, pos);
            }
        }
    }

    public static final int length(String baseString) {
        if (baseString == null)
            return 0;
        else
            return baseString.length();
    }

    public static final String substring(String baseString, int start, int end) {
        if (baseString == null)
            return null;
        else if (start >= baseString.length() || start < 0 || end < 0 || start > end)
            return null;
        else if (end >= baseString.length())
            return baseString.substring(start);
        else {
            return baseString.substring(start, end);
        }
    }

    public static final String substring(String baseString, int start) {
        if (baseString == null)
            return null;
        else
            return substring(baseString, start, baseString.length());
    }
}

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