Java Utililty Methods String Chop

List of utility methods to do String Chop

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Description

The list of methods to do String Chop are organized into topic(s).

Method

StringchopId(String name)
chop Id 
int id1in = name.indexOf('-');
String id1s = name.substring(id1in + 1);
return id1s;
voidchopIfMatch(StringBuilder sb, char ch)
chop If Match 
if (sb.length() != 0 && sb.charAt(sb.length() - 1) == ch)
    sb.setLength(sb.length() - 1);
StringchopLast(String value, int chars)
CHOP LAST 
if (chars < 0 || chars > value.length())
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid chars: " + chars + " / " + value.length());
return value.substring(0, value.length() - chars);
StringchopLenghtyString(String title, int maxLen)
When the title is really long and without whitespaces it really messes up the ui. 
if (isBreakNeeded(title, maxLen)) {
    title = chopString(title, maxLen);
return title;
StringchopLongLinesAtSpaces(int maxLineLenght, String text)
chop Long Lines At Spaces 
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
int currentIndex = 0;
while (currentIndex < text.length()) {
    int newLineIdx = text.indexOf("\n", currentIndex);
    String line;
    if (newLineIdx == -1) {
        line = text.substring(currentIndex);
        currentIndex = text.length();
...
StringchopNull(String str)
chop Null 
if (str == null) {
    return "";
} else {
    return str;
StringchopPrefix(String x, String prefix)
chop Prefix 
if (x.startsWith(prefix))
    return x.substring(prefix.length());
else
    return null;
StringChopRt(String this_string, String chomp_off)
Chop Rt 
if (!this_string.contains(chomp_off))
    return this_string;
return this_string.substring(0, this_string.lastIndexOf(chomp_off));
StringchopScheme(String path)
Chops the scheme/protocol from the given URL path and returns the path without the scheme. 
int idx = path.indexOf(":");
if (idx >= 0) {
    String toReturn = path.substring(idx + 1);
    if (toReturn.startsWith("//")) {
        toReturn = toReturn.substring(1);
    return toReturn;
return path;
StringchopScheme(String path)
Chops the scheme/protocol from the given URL path and returns the path without the scheme. 
int idx = path.indexOf(":");
if (idx >= 0) {
    if (path.length() >= 2) {
        if (path.charAt(1) == ':') {
            if (Character.isLetter(path.charAt(0))) {
                return path;
    String toReturn = path.substring(idx + 1);
    if (toReturn.startsWith("//")) {
        toReturn = toReturn.substring(1);
    return toReturn;
return path;