1    /* 
2    *illustrtatessome basic character string processing functionality 
3     */
4    
5    package stringthing;
6    
7    public class StringOps {
8        public static void main(String[] args){
9            //establish some strings
10           String date = "Thursday, Oct 10 2019";
11           String time = "11am";
12           String lab = "String Thing";
13   
14           //compute the lengths of the strings
15           int dateLength = date.length();
16           int timeLength = time.length();
17           int labLength = lab.length();
18           System.out.println("\ndatelength = " + dateLength);
19           System.out.println("timeLength = " + timeLength);
20           System.out.println("labLength = " + labLength);
21   
22           //compute some positions
23           int p1 = date.indexOf(",");
24           int p2 = time.indexOf(" ");
25           int p3 = lab.indexOf("ing");
26           System.out.println("\np1 = " + p1);
27           System.out.println("p2 = " + p2);
28           System.out.println("p3 = " + p3);
29   
30           //compute some 2 argument substring values
31           System.out.println("\ndate.substring(0,9) = " + date.substring(0,9));
32           System.out.println("time.substring(2,4) = " + time.substring(2,4));
33           System.out.println("lab.substring(7,8) = " + lab.substring(7,8));
34   
35           //compute some 1 argument substring values
36           System.out.println("\ndate.substring(11) = " + date.substring(11));
37           System.out.println("time.substring(2) = " + time.substring(2));
38           System.out.println("lab.substring(7) = " + lab.substring(7));
39   
40           //create a string
41           String line = date+ " | " + time + " | " + lab;
42           System.out.println("\nline = " + line);
43       }
44   }
45