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; } }