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The String class has a set of built-in methods that you can use on strings.
Method Description Return Type
charAt() Returns the character at the specified char
index (position)
codePointAt() Returns the Unicode of the character at int
the specified index
codePointBefore() Returns the Unicode of the character int
before the specified index
codePointCount() Returns the Unicode in the specified int
text range of this String
compareTo() Compares two strings lexicographically int
compareToIgnoreCase() Compares two strings lexicographically, int
ignoring case differences
concat() Appends a string to the end of another String
string
contains() Checks whether a string contains a boolean
sequence of characters
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contentEquals() Checks whether a string contains the boolean
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exact same sequence of characters of
the specified CharSequence or
StringBuffer
copyValueOf() Returns a String that represents the String
characters of the character array
endsWith() Checks whether a string ends with the boolean
specified character(s)
equals() Compares two strings. Returns true if boolean
the strings are equal, and false if not
equalsIgnoreCase() Compares two strings, ignoring case boolean
considerations
format() Returns a formatted string using the String
specified locale, format string, and
arguments
getBytes() Encodes this String into a sequence of byte[]
bytes using the named charset, storing
the result into a new byte array
getChars() Copies characters from a string to an void
array of chars
hashCode() Returns the hash code of a string int
indexOf() Returns the position of the first found int
occurrence of specified characters in a
string
intern() Returns the index within this string of String
the first occurrence of the specified
character, starting the search at the
specified index
isEmpty() Checks whether a string is empty or not boolean
lastIndexOf() Returns the position of the last found int
occurrence of specified characters in a
string
length() Returns the length of a specified string int
matches() Searches a string for a match against a boolean
regular expression, and returns the
matches
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offsetByCodePoints() Returns the index within this String that int
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is offset from the given index by
codePointOffset code points
regionMatches() Tests if two string regions are equal boolean
replace() Searches a string for a specified value, String
and returns a new string where the
specified values are replaced
replaceFirst() Replaces the first occurrence of a String
substring that matches the given
regular expression with the given
replacement
replaceAll() Replaces each substring of this string String
that matches the given regular
expression with the given replacement
split() Splits a string into an array of String[]
substrings
startsWith() Checks whether a string starts with boolean
specified characters
subSequence() Returns a new character sequence that CharSequence
is a subsequence of this sequence
substring() Extracts the characters from a string, String
beginning at a specified start position,
and through the specified number of
character
toCharArray() Converts this string to a new character char[]
array
toLowerCase() Converts a string to lower case letters String
toString() Returns the value of a String object String
toUpperCase() Converts a string to upper case letters String
trim() Removes whitespace from both ends of String
a string
valueOf() Returns the primitive value of a String String
object
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