Delete everything after part of a string

Question

I have a string that is built out of three parts. The word I want the string to be (changes), a seperating part (doesn\'t change) and the last part which changes. I want to

Answer 1

Perhaps thats what you are looking for:

String str="Stack Overflow - A place to ask stuff";

String newStr = str.substring(0, str.indexOf("-"));

Answer 2

Clean way to safely remove until a string, and keep the searched part if token may or may not exist.

String input = "Stack Overflow - A place to ask stuff";
String token = " - ";
String result = input.contains(token)
  ? token + StringUtils.substringBefore(string, token)
  : input;
// Returns "Stack Overflow - "

Apache StringUtils functions are null-, empty-, and no match- safe

Answer 3

String line = "deltaasm:/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1:N        # line addred by agent";

    String rep = "deltaasm:";
    String after = "";

    String pre = ":N";
    String aft = "";
    String result = line.replaceAll(rep, after);
    String finalresult = result.replaceAll(pre, aft);
    System.out.println("Result***************" + finalresult);

    String str = "deltaasm:/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1:N        # line addred by agent";

    String newStr = str.substring(0, str.indexOf("#"));
    System.out.println("======" + newStr);

Answer 4

I created Sample program for all the approches and SubString seems to be fastest one.

Using builder : 54
Using Split : 252
Using Substring  : 10

Below is the sample program code

            for (int count = 0; count < 1000; count++) {
        // For JIT
    }
    long start = System.nanoTime();
    //Builder
    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(
            "Stack Overflow - A place to ask stuff");
    builder.delete(builder.indexOf("-"), builder.length());
    System.out.println("Using builder : " + (System.nanoTime() - start)
            / 1000);
    start = System.nanoTime();
    //Split
    String string = "Stack Overflow - A place to ask stuff";
    string.split("-");
    System.out.println("Using Split : " + (System.nanoTime() - start)
            / 1000);
    //SubString
    start = System.nanoTime();
    String string1 = "Stack Overflow - A place to ask stuff";
    string1.substring(0, string1.indexOf("-"));
    System.out.println("Using Substring : " + (System.nanoTime() - start)
            / 1000);
    return null;