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Java String Methods

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All String Methods

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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