CS1 Standard Demo Page

The following text was written to the standard output stream when the StringThing program was executed from Netbeans.

/*
 * This program will do a bit of character string processing.
 */
package stringthing;

/**
 *
 * @author dmaslows
 */
public class StringThing {

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //POINT A: CREATE AND PRINT THE LENGTHS OF THE STRINGS, WITHOUT LABELS
        
        String painter = "Picasso, Pablo";
        String dancer = "Zotto, Osvaldo";
        String self = "Maslowski, Daniel";
        String singer = "Holiday, Billie";
        String sculptor = "Claudel, Camille";
        System.out.println("\nNames ...");
        System.out.println("painter = " +painter);
        System.out.println("dancer = " +dancer);
        System.out.println("self = " +self);
        System.out.println("singer = " +singer);
        System.out.println("sculptor = " +sculptor);
        
        //POINT B: COMPUTE AND PRINT THE LENGTHS OF THE STRINGS, WITHOUT LABELS
        
        int painterLength = painter.length();
        int dancerLength = dancer.length();
        int selfLength = self.length();
        int singerLength = singer.length();
        int sculptorLength = sculptor.length();
        System.out.println("\nName lengths ...");
        System.out.println(sculptorLength);
        System.out.println(painterLength);
        System.out.println(singerLength);
        System.out.println(dancerLength);
        System.out.println(selfLength);
        
        //POINT C: COMPUTE AND PRINT THE LOCATION OF THE COMMA WITHIN EACH STRING, NO LABELS
        
        int painterCommaPosition = painter.indexOf(",");
        int dancerCommaPosition = dancer.indexOf(",");
        int selfCommaPosition = self.indexOf(",");
        int singerCommaPosition = singer.indexOf(",");
        int sculptorCommaPosition = sculptor.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: COMPUTE AND PRINT THE FIVE LAST NAMES, WITH NO LABELS
        
        String painterLast = (painter.substring(0,7));
        String dancerLast = (dancer.substring(0,5));
        String selfLast = (self.substring(0,9));
        String singerLast = (singer.substring(0,7));
        String sculptorLast = (sculptor.substring(0,7));
        
        System.out.println("\nLast names ...");
        System.out.println(painterLast);
        System.out.println(dancerLast);
        System.out.println(selfLast);
        System.out.println(singerLast);
        System.out.println(sculptorLast);
        
        //POINT E: COMPUTE AND PRINT THE FIVE FIRST NAMES, WITH NO LABELS
        
        String painterFirst = (painter.substring(9,14));
        String dancerFirst = (dancer.substring(7,14));
        String selfFirst = (self.substring(11,17));
        String singerFirst = (singer.substring(9,15));
        String sculptorFirst = (sculptor.substring(9,16));
        
        System.out.println("\nFirst names ...");
        System.out.println(painterFirst);
        System.out.println(dancerFirst);
        System.out.println(selfFirst);
        System.out.println(singerFirst);
        System.out.println(sculptorFirst);
        
        //POINT F: COMPUTE AND PRINT THE FIRST NAMES, AGAIN
        
        System.out.println("\nFirst names, once again ...");
        System.out.println(directoryStyleName(singer));
        System.out.println(directoryStyleName(sculptor));
        System.out.println(directoryStyleName(painter));
        System.out.println(directoryStyleName(dancer));
        System.out.println(directoryStyleName(self));

        //POINT G: COMPUTE AND PRINT THE LAST NAMES, AGAIN
        System.out.println("\nLastnames, 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 NAMES, 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 directoryStyleName(String directoryStyleName) {
        int CommaPosition = directoryStyleName.indexOf(",");
        String firstName = directoryStyleName.substring(CommaPosition+2);
        return firstName;
       
    }

    private static String LastName(String LastName) {
      int CommaPosition = LastName.indexOf(",");
      String lastName = LastName.substring(0,CommaPosition); 
      return lastName;
    }

    private static String FullName(String FullName) {
        int CommaPosition = FullName.indexOf(",");
        String firstName = FullName.substring(CommaPosition+2);
        String lastName = FullName.substring(0,CommaPosition); 
        String fullName = firstName + ( " " + lastName);       
        return fullName;
    }

    }