Return a slice (substring) of the passed in value, optionally trimmed.
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public class Main {
/**
* Return a slice (substring) of the passed in value, optionally trimmed.
* WARNING - endOffset is inclusive for historical reasons, unlike
* String.substring() which has an exclusive ending offset.
*
* @param value
* Value to slice, must be non-null.
* @param beginOffset
* Inclusive start character
* @param endOffset
* Inclusive end character
* @param trim
* To trim or not to trim
* @return Sliceed value.
*/
public static String slice(String value, int beginOffset, int endOffset, boolean trim) {
String retval = value.substring(beginOffset, endOffset + 1);
if (trim)
retval = retval.trim();
return retval;
}
}
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