Java String Left left(String source, String searchFor)

Description

Returns the substring to the left of the specified substring in the specified String, starting from the left.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
source	the source String to search.
searchFor	the substring to search for in source.

Return

the substring that is to the left of searchFor in source.

Declaration

public static String left(String source, String searchFor) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//  w w  w . j  a  v a  2  s  .  c  o m
 *  NetP5 is a processing and java library for tcp and udp ip communication.
 *
 *  2006 by Andreas Schlegel
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General
 * Public License along with this library; if not, write to the
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
 * Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 *
 * @author Andreas Schlegel (http://www.sojamo.de)
 *
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the substring to the left of the specified substring in the
     * specified String, starting from the left.
     *
     * @param source
     *            the source String to search.
     * @param searchFor
     *            the substring to search for in source.
     * @return the substring that is to the left of searchFor in source.
     */
    public static String left(String source, String searchFor) {
        int index = source.indexOf(searchFor);

        if (index <= 0) {
            return "";
        }
        return source.substring(0, index);
    }
}

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