Java String Left left(String string, int length)

Description

Returns a portion of a string starting from the beginning for a designated amount of characters

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string	the string from which to pull
length	the number of characters from the beginning to pull

Return

the resulting string

Declaration

public static String left(String string, int length) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   w w  w.  j  a va2  s  .c  om*/
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 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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 *
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 *  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.
 *
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 *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *    
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns a portion of a string starting from the beginning for a designated amount of characters
     * 
     * @param string   the string from which to pull
     * @param length   the number of characters from the beginning to pull
     * @return         the resulting string
     */
    public static String left(String string, int length) {
        return string.substring(0, length);
    }
}

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