1    /* 
2     program to illustrate some basic character string processing functionality. 
3     */
4    
5    package stringthing;
6    
7    public class StringOps {
8        public static void main(String[] args) {
9            // establish strings
10           String date = "Thursday, October 10, 2019";
11           String time = "11:11 AM";
12           String lab = "String thing";
13   
14           // compute their lengths
15           int dateLength = date.length();
16           int timeLength = time.length();
17           int labLength = lab.length();
18           System.out.println("dateLength = " + dateLength);
19           System.out.println("timeLength = " + timeLength);
20           System.out.println("labLength = " + labLength);
21   
22           // compute their positions
23           int p1 = date.indexOf(",");
24           int p2 = time.indexOf(" ");
25           int p3 = lab.indexOf("ing");
26           System.out.println("p1 = " + 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("date.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("date.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("line = " + line);
43   
44   
45       }
46   }
47