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Explain how to remove Leading Zeroes from a String in Java
Whenever you read an integer value into a String, you can remove leading zeroes of it using StringBuffer class, using regular expressions or, by converting the given String to character array.
Converting to character array
Following Java program reads an integer value from the user into a String and removes the leading zeroes from it by converting the given String into Character array.
Example
import java.util.Scanner;
public class LeadingZeroes {
public static String removeLeadingZeroes(String num){
int i=0;
char charArray[] = num.toCharArray();
for( ; i<= charArray.length; i++){
if(charArray[i] != '0'){
break;
}
}
return (i == 0) ? num :num.substring(i);
}
public static void main(String args[]){
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter an integer: ");
String num = sc.next();
String result = LeadingZeroes.removeLeadingZeroes(num);
System.out.println(result);
}
}Output
Enter an integer value as a String 00126718 126718
Using StringBuffer class
Following Java program reads an integer value from the user into a String and removes the leading zeroes from it using the StringBuffer class.
Example
import java.util.Scanner;
public class LeadingZeroesSB {
public static String removeLeadingZeroes(String num){
int i=0;
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(num);
while(i<num.length() && num.charAt(i)=='0')
i++;
buffer.replace(0, i, "");
return buffer.toString();
}
public static void main(String args[]){
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter an integer: ");
String num = sc.next();
String result = LeadingZeroesSB.removeLeadingZeroes(num);
System.out.println(result);
}
}Output
Enter an integer: 00012320002 12320002
Using regular expressions
Following Java program reads an integer value from the user into a String and removes the leading zeroes from it using the Regular expressions.
Example
import java.util.Scanner;
public class LeadingZeroesRE {
public static String removeLeadingZeroes(String str){
String strPattern = "^0+(?!$)";
str = str.replaceAll(strPattern, "");
return str;
}
public static void main(String args[]){
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter an integer: ");
String num = sc.next();
String result = TailingZeroesRE.removeLeadingZeroes(num);
System.out.println(result);
}
}Output
Enter an integer: 000012336000 12336000
Using apache commons library
Add the following dependency to your pom.xml file
<dependency> <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId> <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId> <version>3.9</version> </dependency>
Following Java program reads an integer value from the user into a String and removes the leading zeroes from it using the stripStart() method of the StringUtils class.
Example
import java.util.Scanner;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
public class LeadingZeroesCommons {
public static String removeLeadingZeroes(String str){
str = StringUtils.stripStart(str, "0");
return str;
}
public static void main(String args[]){
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter an integer: ");
String num = sc.next();
String result = LeadingZeroesCommons.removeLeadingZeroes(num);
System.out.println(result);
}
}Output
Enter an integer: 000125004587 125004587
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