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;
}
}