1    /* 
2     * program to illustrate some basic character string processing functionality 
3     */
4    
5    package stringthing;
6    
7    public class StringOps {
8        public static void main(String[] args) {
9    
10           //establish some strings
11           String date = "Thursday, October 8, 2020";
12           String time = "3 PM";
13           String lab = "String Thing";
14   
15           //compute the lengths of the strings
16           int dateLength = date.length();
17           int timeLength = time.length();
18           int labLength = lab.length();
19           System.out.println("\ndateLength = " + dateLength);
20           System.out.println("timeLength = " + timeLength);
21           System.out.println("labLength = " + labLength);
22   
23           //compute some positions
24           int p1 = date.indexOf(",");
25           int p2 = time.indexOf(" ");
26           int p3 = lab.indexOf("ing");
27           System.out.println("\np1 = " + p1);
28           System.out.println("p2 = " + p2);
29           System.out.println("p3 = " + p3);
30   
31           //compute some two argument substring values
32           System.out.println("\ndate.substring(0,9 = )" + date.substring(0,9));
33           System.out.println("time.substring(2,4) = " + time.substring(2,4));
34           System.out.println("lab.substring(7,8) = " + lab.substring(7,8));
35   
36           //compute some one argument substring values
37           System.out.println("\ndate.substring(11) = " + date.substring(11));
38           System.out.println("time.substring(2) = " + time.substring(2));
39           System.out.println("lab.substring(7) = " + lab.substring(7));
40   
41           //create a string
42           String line = date + " | " +time + " | " + lab;
43           System.out.println("\nline = " + line);
44       }
45   }
46