Java String Sub String substringBefore(String string, String delimiter)

Description

Returns the substring before the first occurrence of a delimiter.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string	String to get a substring from.
delimiter	String to search for.

Return

Substring before the first occurrence of the delimiter.

Declaration

public static String substringBefore(String string, String delimiter) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

public class Main {
    /**/*from ww w.j a  va2 s .  c o  m*/
    * Returns the substring before the first occurrence of a delimiter. The
    * delimiter is not part of the result.
    *
    * @param string    String to get a substring from.
    * @param delimiter String to search for.
    * @return          Substring before the first occurrence of the delimiter.
    */
    public static String substringBefore(String string, String delimiter) {
        int pos = string.indexOf(delimiter);
        return pos >= 0 ? string.substring(0, pos) : string;
    }
}

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