Java String Truncate truncateAt(final String input, final String... substrings)

Description

Chops everything after (and including) substring.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	a parameter
substring	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
Exception	an exception

Declaration

public static String truncateAt(final String input, final String... substrings) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   w  w  w .  java  2  s . c o  m
 * Copyright (c) 2015 Christopher Ritchie
 * 
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to 
 * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the 
 * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or 
 * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 * 
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in 
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 * 
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 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 
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 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Chops everything after (and including) substring. 
     * @param input
     * @param substring
     * @return
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public static String truncateAt(final String input, final String... substrings) throws Exception {
        int index = input.length();
        for (String substring : substrings) {
            int value = input.indexOf(substring);
            if (value >= 0 && value < index) {
                index = value;
            }
        }

        if (index == input.length()) {
            return input;
        } else {
            return input.substring(0, index);
        }

    }
}

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