Iterate a subset of a string : CharacterIterator « I18N « Java Tutorial

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import java.text.CharacterIterator;
import java.text.StringCharacterIterator;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    String text = "this is a test";
    CharacterIterator it = new StringCharacterIterator(text, 4, 27, 5);

    for (char ch = it.first(); ch != CharacterIterator.DONE; ch = it.next()) {
      System.out.print(ch);
    }
  }
}