Here you can find the source of join(String[] a, String delimiter, Integer startIndex)
public static String join(String[] a, String delimiter, Integer startIndex)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w . j a v a2s.com*/ KorikUtils - configuration and subcommand utils for Bukkit/Minecraft Copyright (C) 2013 korikisulda This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.Iterator; public class Main { public static String join(String[] a, String delimiter, Integer startIndex) { try { Collection<String> s = Arrays.asList(a); StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(); Iterator<String> iter = s.iterator(); while (iter.hasNext()) { if (startIndex == 0) { buffer.append(iter.next()); if (iter.hasNext()) { buffer.append(delimiter); } } else { startIndex--; iter.next(); } } return buffer.toString(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); return ""; } } }