Java StringBuilder get and set capacity and length
// StringBuilder length, setLength, capacity and ensureCapacity methods. public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) {/*from ww w .j a v a 2 s .co m*/ StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder("Hello, how are you?"); System.out.printf("buffer = %s\nlength = %d\ncapacity = %d\n\n", buffer.toString(), buffer.length(), buffer.capacity()); buffer.ensureCapacity(75); System.out.printf("New capacity = %d\n\n", buffer.capacity()); buffer.setLength(10); System.out.printf("New length = %d\nbuffer = %s\n", buffer.length(), buffer.toString()); } }