Groovy - subString()

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Returns a new String that is a substring of this String. This method has 2 different variants

• String substring(int beginIndex) − Pad the String with the spaces appended to the right.

Syntax

String substring(int beginIndex)

Parameters

• beginIndex − the begin index, inclusive.

Return Value − The specified substring.

• String substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex) − Pad the String with the padding characters appended to the right.

Syntax

String substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex)

Parameters

• beginIndex − the begin index, inclusive.

• endIndex − the end index, exclusive.

Return Value − The specified substring.

Example

Following is an example of the usage of both variants −

class Example { 
   static void main(String[] args) { 
      String a = "HelloWorld"; 
      println(a.substring(4)); 
      println(a.substring(4,8));
   }
}

When we run the above program, we will get the following result −

oWorld 
oWor