/* * This program 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 REPRESENT NAMES String singer = "Holiday, Billie"; String sculptor = "Claudel, Camille"; String painter = "Picasso, Pablo"; String dancer = "Zotto, Osvaldo"; String self = "Zhu, Wenhuan"; System.out.println("\nNames..."); System.out.println(singer.substring(0,15)); System.out.println(sculptor.substring(0,16)); System.out.println(painter.substring(0,14)); System.out.println(dancer.substring(0,14)); System.out.println(self.substring(0,12)); //POINT B: COMPUTE AND PRINT THE LENGTH 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: COMPUTER AND PRINT THE FIVE FIRST NAME, WITH NO LABELS String singerFirst = singer.substring(9); String sculptorFirst = sculptor.substring(9); String painterFirst = painter.substring(9); String dancerFirst = dancer.substring(7); String selfFirst = self.substring(5); 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: COMPUTER AND PRINT THE FIVE LAST NAMES, WITH NO LABELS String singLast = 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(0,3); System.out.println("\nLast names..."); System.out.println(singLast); 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 NAME, 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 fullName(String dsn) { return lastName(dsn)+" "+firstName(dsn); } private static String firstName(String directoryStyleName) { int blankPosition = directoryStyleName.indexOf(" "); return directoryStyleName.substring(blankPosition+1); } private static String lastName(String directoryStyleName) { int CommaPosition = directoryStyleName.indexOf(","); return directoryStyleName.substring(0,CommaPosition); } }