Java String Left left(String str, int size)

Description

left

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String left(String str, int size) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

public class Main {

    public static String left(String str, int size) {
        if (str == null || "".equals(str)) {
            return str;
        }//from   ww w  . j  a  va  2  s  .c o m
        if (size > 0) {
            if (size > str.length()) {
                return str;
            } else {
                return str.substring(0, size);
            }
        } else if (size == 0) {
            return "";
        } else {
            size = -size;
            if (size > str.length()) {
                return str;
            }
            return str.substring(str.length() - size);
        }
    }
}

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