Gets a substring from the specified String avoiding exceptions
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/**
* <p>Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
* <code>null</code> safe.</p>
*
* @see java.lang.String
* @author <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/">Apache Jakarta Turbine</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:jon@latchkey.com">Jon S. Stevens</a>
* @author Daniel L. Rall
* @author <a href="mailto:gcoladonato@yahoo.com">Greg Coladonato</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:ed@apache.org">Ed Korthof</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:rand_mcneely@yahoo.com">Rand McNeely</a>
* @author Stephen Colebourne
* @author <a href="mailto:fredrik@westermarck.com">Fredrik Westermarck</a>
* @author Holger Krauth
* @author <a href="mailto:alex@purpletech.com">Alexander Day Chaffee</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
* @author Arun Mammen Thomas
* @author Gary Gregory
* @author Phil Steitz
* @author Al Chou
* @author Michael Davey
* @author Reuben Sivan
* @author Chris Hyzer
* @author Scott Johnson
* @since 1.0
* @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
*/
public class Main {
// Substring
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* <p>Gets a substring from the specified String avoiding exceptions.</p>
*
* <p>A negative start position can be used to start <code>n</code>
* characters from the end of the String.</p>
*
* <p>A <code>null</code> String will return <code>null</code>.
* An empty ("") String will return "".</p>
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.substring(null, *) = null
* StringUtils.substring("", *) = ""
* StringUtils.substring("abc", 0) = "abc"
* StringUtils.substring("abc", 2) = "c"
* StringUtils.substring("abc", 4) = ""
* StringUtils.substring("abc", -2) = "bc"
* StringUtils.substring("abc", -4) = "abc"
* </pre>
*
* @param str the String to get the substring from, may be null
* @param start the position to start from, negative means
* count back from the end of the String by this many characters
* @return substring from start position, <code>null</code> if null String input
*/
public static String substring(String str, int start) {
if (str == null) {
return null;
}
// handle negatives, which means last n characters
if (start < 0) {
start = str.length() + start; // remember start is negative
}
if (start < 0) {
start = 0;
}
if (start > str.length()) {
return "";
}
return str.substring(start);
}
}
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