StringBuffer.offsetByCodePoints() Method

Description

The java.lang.StringBuffer.offsetByCodePoints() method returns the index within this sequence that is offset from the given index by codePointOffset code points.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.StringBuffer.offsetByCodePoints() method

public int offsetByCodePoints(int index, int codePointOffset)

Parameters

• index -- This is the index to be offset.

• codePointOffset -- This is the offset in code points.

Return Value

This method returns the index within this sequence.

Exception

• NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.lang.StringBuffer.offsetByCodePoints() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.lang.*;

public class StringBufferDemo {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
  
    StringBuffer buff = new StringBuffer("aawxyzaa");
    System.out.println("buffer = " + buff);

    // returns the index within this sequence
    int retval = buff.offsetByCodePoints(1, 4);
    // prints the index
    System.out.println("index = " + retval);
  }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

buffer = aawxyzaa
index = 5