The following text was written to the standard output stream when the StringThing program was executed from IntelliJ.
/* *This will do a bit of character string processing. */ package stringthing; public class StringThing { public static void main(String[] args){ //Point A : Create a print some strings that represents names String singer = "Holiday, Billie"; String sculptor = "Claudel, Camille"; String painter = "Picasso, Pablo"; String dancer = "Zotto, Osvaldo"; String self = "Ekanem, Edima"; System.out.println(singer); System.out.println(sculptor); System.out.println(painter); System.out.println(dancer); System.out.println(self); //Point B: Compute and print the lengths of the strings, without labels int singerLength = singer.length(); int sculptorLength = sculptor.length(); int painterLength = painter.length(); int dancerLength = dancer.length(); int selfLength = self.length(); System.out.println("\nName lengths ..."); System.out.println(singerLength); System.out.println(sculptorLength); System.out.println(painterLength); System.out.println(dancerLength); System.out.println(selfLength); //Point C: Compute and print the location of the comma within each string, no labels. int singerCommaPosition = singer.indexOf(","); int sculptorCommaPosition = sculptor.indexOf(","); int painterCommaPosition = painter.indexOf(","); int dancerCommaPosition = dancer.indexOf(","); int selfCommaPosition = self.indexOf(","); System.out.println("\nComma positions ... "); System.out.println(singerCommaPosition); System.out.println(sculptorCommaPosition); System.out.println(painterCommaPosition); System.out.println(dancerCommaPosition); System.out.println(selfCommaPosition); //Point D: Compute and print the five first names, with no labels String singerFirst = singer.substring(8); String sculptorFirst = sculptor.substring(8); String painterFirst = painter.substring(8); String dancerFirst = dancer.substring(6); String selfFirst = self.substring(7); System.out.println("\nFirst names ... "); System.out.println(singerFirst); System.out.println(sculptorFirst); System.out.println(painterFirst); System.out.println(dancerFirst); System.out.println(selfFirst); //Point E: Compute and print the five last names, with no labels String singerLast = singer.substring(0,7); String sculptorLast = sculptor.substring(0,7); String painterLast = painter.substring(0,7); String dancerLast = dancer.substring(0,5); String selfLast = self.substring(0,6); System.out.println("\nLast names ... "); System.out.println(singerLast); System.out.println(sculptorLast); System.out.println(painterLast); System.out.println(dancerLast); System.out.println(selfLast); //Point F: Compute and print the first names, Again System.out.println("\nFirst names, once again ... "); System.out.println(firstName(singer)); System.out.println(firstName(sculptor)); System.out.println(firstName(painter)); System.out.println(firstName(dancer)); System.out.println(firstName(self)); //Point G: Compute and print the last names, Again System.out.println("\nLast names, once again ... "); System.out.println(lastName(singer)); System.out.println(lastName(sculptor)); System.out.println(lastName(painter)); System.out.println(lastName(dancer)); System.out.println(lastName(self)); //Point H: Compute and print the full names, natural style System.out.println("\nFull names, natural style ... "); System.out.println(fullName(singer)); System.out.println(fullName(sculptor)); System.out.println(fullName(painter)); System.out.println(fullName(dancer)); System.out.println(fullName(self)); } private static String firstName(String directoryStyleName) { int positionOfComma = directoryStyleName.indexOf(","); String firstName = directoryStyleName.substring(positionOfComma + 2); return firstName; } private static String lastName(String directoryStyleName) { int positionOfComma = directoryStyleName.indexOf(","); String lastName = directoryStyleName.substring(0, positionOfComma); return lastName; } private static String fullName(String directoryStyleName){ return firstName(directoryStyleName) + " " + lastName(directoryStyleName); } }