Java String Tail tail(String text, String separator)

Description

gets the tail part of the given text after the given separator.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
text	a parameter
separator	a parameter

Return

the tailing part, if the separator exists within the given text; otherwise the incoming, unmodified text.

Declaration

public static String tail(String text, String separator) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2008 flowr.org - all rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available
 * under the terms of the Eclipse Public License (EPL) v1.0. The EPL is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors: flowr.org - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/

public class Main {
    /**// ww  w  .  ja v  a 2s.  c  om
     * gets the tail part of the given text <b>after</b> the given separator.
     *
     * @param text
     * @param separator
     * @return the tailing part, if the separator exists within the given text; otherwise the incoming, unmodified text.
     */
    public static String tail(String text, String separator) {
        int pos = text.lastIndexOf(separator);
        return pos != -1 ? text.substring(pos + 1) : text;
    }

    /**
     * gets the substring of the given text reduced by the given leading part.
     *
     * @param text
     * @param leadingPart
     * @return the reduced substring, if the text starts with the given leading part; otherwise the incoming, unmodified
     *         text.
     */
    public static String subString(String text, String leadingPart) {
        if (text.startsWith(leadingPart)) {
            return text.substring(leadingPart.length());
        } else {
            return text;
        }
    }

    /**
     * gets the substring of the given text reduced by the number of leading and tailing characters.
     *
     * @param text the String to reduce
     * @param lead number of characters to remove at the leading end
     * @param tail number of characters to remove at the tailing end
     * @return the reduced substring, reduced by <code>lead</code> chars at the begin and <code>tail</code> chars at the
     *         end.
     * @throws StringIndexOutOfBoundsException
     */
    public static String subString(String text, int lead, int tail) {
        return text.substring(lead, text.length() - tail);
    }
}

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4. tail(String s, String separator)
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6. tailOf(String s, char separator)
7. tailOfString(String input, String sub)