Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project * * 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. */ public class Main { /** * If the line starts with one of this symbols, such symbol should be removed from that line */ private static final char[] BAD_FIRST_SYMBOLS = { '.', ',', ':', ';' }; private static String removeBadFirstCharacters(String line) { boolean shouldRemove = false; char first = line.charAt(0); for (char badFirstSymbol : BAD_FIRST_SYMBOLS) { if (first == badFirstSymbol) { shouldRemove = true; break; } } return shouldRemove ? line.substring(1) : line; } }