String.codePointBefore(int index) has the following syntax.
public int codePointBefore(int index)
In the following code shows how to use String.codePointBefore(int index) method.
public class Main { /*from ww w.ja va2s . c o m*/ public static void main(String[] args) { String str = "java2s.com"; System.out.println("String = " + str); // codepoint before index 1 i.e j int retval = str.codePointBefore(1); // prints character before index1 in string System.out.println("Character(unicode point) = " + retval); } }
The code above generates the following result.