remove Leading Article from a String - Android java.lang

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remove Leading Article from a String

Demo Code

/*// w w w.  ja  v a  2s. c  om
 * Copyright (C) 2013 Simon Vig Therkildsen
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
//package com.book2s;

import android.text.TextUtils;

public class Main {
    public static String removeLeadingArticle(String string) {
        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(string)) {
            return string;
        }

        final long length = string.length();

        if (length > 4
                && (string.startsWith("The ") || string.startsWith("the "))) {
            return string.substring(4);
        }

        if (length > 3
                && (string.startsWith("An ") || string.startsWith("an "))) {
            return string.substring(3);
        }

        if (length > 2
                && (string.startsWith("A ") || string.startsWith("a "))) {
            return string.substring(2);
        }

        return string;
    }
}

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