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Counts how many times the substring appears in the larger String.

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 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
public class Main {
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Counts how many times the substring appears in the larger String.
   *
   * A <code>null</code> or empty ("") String input returns <code>0</code>.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.countMatches(null, *)       = 0
   * StringUtils.countMatches("", *)         = 0
   * StringUtils.countMatches("abba", null)  = 0
   * StringUtils.countMatches("abba", "")    = 0
   * StringUtils.countMatches("abba", "a")   = 2
   * StringUtils.countMatches("abba", "ab")  = 1
   * StringUtils.countMatches("abba", "xxx") = 0
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the String to check, may be null
   * @param sub  the substring to count, may be null
   * @return the number of occurrences, 0 if either String is <code>null</code>
   */
  public static int countMatches(String str, String sub) {
      if (isEmpty(str) || isEmpty(sub)) {
          return 0;
      }
      int count = 0;
      int idx = 0;
      while ((idx = str.indexOf(sub, idx)) != -1) {
          count++;
          idx += sub.length();
      }
      return count;
  }
  // Empty checks
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Checks if a String is empty ("") or null.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(null)      = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("")        = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(" ")       = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("bob")     = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("  bob  ") = false
   * </pre>
   *
   * NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
   * It no longer trims the String.
   * That functionality is available in isBlank().
   *
   * @param str  the String to check, may be null
   * @return <code>true</code> if the String is empty or null
   */
  public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
      return str == null || str.length() == 0;
  }
}





Count the number of instances of substring within a string

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public class Main{

  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  //                          Counting Methods                           //
  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  /**
   * Count the number of instances of substring within a string.
   *
   * @param string     String to look for substring in.
   * @param substring  Sub-string to look for.
   * @return           Count of substrings in string.
   */
  public static int count(final String string, final String substring)
  {
     int count = 0;
     int idx = 0;
     while ((idx = string.indexOf(substring, idx)) != -1)
     {
        idx++;
        count++;
     }
     return count;
  }
  /**
   * Count the number of instances of character within a string.
   *
   * @param string     String to look for substring in.
   * @param c          Character to look for.
   * @return           Count of substrings in string.
   */
  public static int count(final String string, final char c)
  {
     return count(string, String.valueOf(c));
  }
}





Gets a substring from the specified String avoiding exceptions.

/**
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */


/**
 * Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
 * <code>null</code> safe.
 *
 * @see java.lang.String
 * @author 
 * @author Arun Mammen Thomas
 * @author Gary Gregory
 * @author Phil Steitz
 * @author Al Chou
 * @author Michael Davey
 * @author Reuben Sivan
 * @author Chris Hyzer
 * @author Scott Johnson
 * @since 1.0
 * @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
 */
public class Main {
  /**
   * Gets a substring from the specified String avoiding exceptions.
   *
   * A negative start position can be used to start/end <code>n</code>
   * characters from the end of the String.
   *
   * The returned substring starts with the character in the <code>start</code>
   * position and ends before the <code>end</code> position. All position counting is
   * zero-based -- i.e., to start at the beginning of the string use
   * <code>start = 0</code>. Negative start and end positions can be used to
   * specify offsets relative to the end of the String.
   *
   * If <code>start</code> is not strictly to the left of <code>end</code>, ""
   * is returned.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.substring(null, *, *)    = null
   * StringUtils.substring("", * ,  *)    = "";
   * StringUtils.substring("abc", 0, 2)   = "ab"
   * StringUtils.substring("abc", 2, 0)   = ""
   * StringUtils.substring("abc", 2, 4)   = "c"
   * StringUtils.substring("abc", 4, 6)   = ""
   * StringUtils.substring("abc", 2, 2)   = ""
   * StringUtils.substring("abc", -2, -1) = "b"
   * StringUtils.substring("abc", -4, 2)  = "ab"
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the String to get the substring from, may be null
   * @param start  the position to start from, negative means
   *  count back from the end of the String by this many characters
   * @param end  the position to end at (exclusive), negative means
   *  count back from the end of the String by this many characters
   * @return substring from start position to end positon,
   *  <code>null</code> if null String input
   */
  public static String substring(String str, int start, int end) {
      if (str == null) {
          return null;
      }
      // handle negatives
      if (end < 0) {
          end = str.length() + end; // remember end is negative
      }
      if (start < 0) {
          start = str.length() + start; // remember start is negative
      }
      // check length next
      if (end > str.length()) {
          end = str.length();
      }
      // if start is greater than end, return ""
      if (start > end) {
          return "";
      }
      if (start < 0) {
          start = 0;
      }
      if (end < 0) {
          end = 0;
      }
      return str.substring(start, end);
  }
}





Gets len characters from the middle of a String.

/**
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */


/**
 * Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
 * <code>null</code> safe.
 *
 * @see java.lang.String
 * @author 
 * @author Arun Mammen Thomas
 * @author Gary Gregory
 * @author Phil Steitz
 * @author Al Chou
 * @author Michael Davey
 * @author Reuben Sivan
 * @author Chris Hyzer
 * @author Scott Johnson
 * @since 1.0
 * @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
 */
public class Main {

  /**
   * Gets <code>len</code> characters from the middle of a String.
   *
   * If <code>len</code> characters are not available, the remainder
   * of the String will be returned without an exception. If the
   * String is <code>null</code>, <code>null</code> will be returned.
   * An exception is thrown if len is negative.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.mid(null, *, *)    = null
   * StringUtils.mid(*, *, -ve)     = ""
   * StringUtils.mid("", 0, *)      = ""
   * StringUtils.mid("abc", 0, 2)   = "ab"
   * StringUtils.mid("abc", 0, 4)   = "abc"
   * StringUtils.mid("abc", 2, 4)   = "c"
   * StringUtils.mid("abc", 4, 2)   = ""
   * StringUtils.mid("abc", -2, 2)  = "ab"
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the String to get the characters from, may be null
   * @param pos  the position to start from, negative treated as zero
   * @param len  the length of the required String, must be zero or positive
   * @return the middle characters, <code>null</code> if null String input
   */
  public static String mid(String str, int pos, int len) {
      if (str == null) {
          return null;
      }
      if (len < 0 || pos > str.length()) {
          return "";
      }
      if (pos < 0) {
          pos = 0;
      }
      if (str.length() <= (pos + len)) {
          return str.substring(pos);
      }
      return str.substring(pos, pos + len);
  }
}





Gets the leftmost len characters of a String

/**
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */


/**
 * Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
 * <code>null</code> safe.
 *
 * @see java.lang.String
 * @author 
 * @author Arun Mammen Thomas
 * @author Gary Gregory
 * @author Phil Steitz
 * @author Al Chou
 * @author Michael Davey
 * @author Reuben Sivan
 * @author Chris Hyzer
 * @author Scott Johnson
 * @since 1.0
 * @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
 */
public class Main {
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Gets the leftmost <code>len</code> characters of a String.
   *
   * If <code>len</code> characters are not available, or the
   * String is <code>null</code>, the String will be returned without
   * an exception. An exception is thrown if len is negative.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.left(null, *)    = null
   * StringUtils.left(*, -ve)     = ""
   * StringUtils.left("", *)      = ""
   * StringUtils.left("abc", 0)   = ""
   * StringUtils.left("abc", 2)   = "ab"
   * StringUtils.left("abc", 4)   = "abc"
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the String to get the leftmost characters from, may be null
   * @param len  the length of the required String, must be zero or positive
   * @return the leftmost characters, <code>null</code> if null String input
   */
  public static String left(String str, int len) {
      if (str == null) {
          return null;
      }
      if (len < 0) {
          return "";
      }
      if (str.length() <= len) {
          return str;
      }
      return str.substring(0, len);
  }
}





Gets the rightmost len characters of a String.

/**
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */


/**
 * Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
 * <code>null</code> safe.
 *
 * @see java.lang.String
 * @author 
 * @author Arun Mammen Thomas
 * @author Gary Gregory
 * @author Phil Steitz
 * @author Al Chou
 * @author Michael Davey
 * @author Reuben Sivan
 * @author Chris Hyzer
 * @author Scott Johnson
 * @since 1.0
 * @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
 */
public class Main {

  /**
   * Gets the rightmost <code>len</code> characters of a String.
   *
   * If <code>len</code> characters are not available, or the String
   * is <code>null</code>, the String will be returned without an
   * an exception. An exception is thrown if len is negative.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.right(null, *)    = null
   * StringUtils.right(*, -ve)     = ""
   * StringUtils.right("", *)      = ""
   * StringUtils.right("abc", 0)   = ""
   * StringUtils.right("abc", 2)   = "bc"
   * StringUtils.right("abc", 4)   = "abc"
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the String to get the rightmost characters from, may be null
   * @param len  the length of the required String, must be zero or positive
   * @return the rightmost characters, <code>null</code> if null String input
   */
  public static String right(String str, int len) {
      if (str == null) {
          return null;
      }
      if (len < 0) {
          return "";
      }
      if (str.length() <= len) {
          return str;
      }
      return str.substring(str.length() - len);
  }
}





Gets the String that is nested in between two instances of the same String.

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */


/**
 * Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
 * <code>null</code> safe.
 *
 * @see java.lang.String
 * @author 
 * @author Arun Mammen Thomas
 * @author Gary Gregory
 * @author Phil Steitz
 * @author Al Chou
 * @author Michael Davey
 * @author Reuben Sivan
 * @author Chris Hyzer
 * @author Scott Johnson
 * @since 1.0
 * @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
 */
public class Main {
  // Substring between
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Gets the String that is nested in between two instances of the
   * same String.
   *
   * A <code>null</code> input String returns <code>null</code>.
   * A <code>null</code> tag returns <code>null</code>.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.substringBetween(null, *)            = null
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("", "")             = ""
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("", "tag")          = null
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("tagabctag", null)  = null
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("tagabctag", "")    = ""
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("tagabctag", "tag") = "abc"
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the String containing the substring, may be null
   * @param tag  the String before and after the substring, may be null
   * @return the substring, <code>null</code> if no match
   * @since 2.0
   */
  public static String substringBetween(String str, String tag) {
      return substringBetween(str, tag, tag);
  }
  /**
   * Gets the String that is nested in between two Strings.
   * Only the first match is returned.
   *
   * A <code>null</code> input String returns <code>null</code>.
   * A <code>null</code> open/close returns <code>null</code> (no match).
   * An empty ("") open and close returns an empty string.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("wx[b]yz", "[", "]") = "b"
   * StringUtils.substringBetween(null, *, *)          = null
   * StringUtils.substringBetween(*, null, *)          = null
   * StringUtils.substringBetween(*, *, null)          = null
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("", "", "")          = ""
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("", "", "]")         = null
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("", "[", "]")        = null
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("yabcz", "", "")     = ""
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("yabcz", "y", "z")   = "abc"
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("yabczyabcz", "y", "z")   = "abc"
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the String containing the substring, may be null
   * @param open  the String before the substring, may be null
   * @param close  the String after the substring, may be null
   * @return the substring, <code>null</code> if no match
   * @since 2.0
   */
  public static String substringBetween(String str, String open, String close) {
      if (str == null || open == null || close == null) {
          return null;
      }
      int start = str.indexOf(open);
      if (start != -1) {
          int end = str.indexOf(close, start + open.length());
          if (end != -1) {
              return str.substring(start + open.length(), end);
          }
      }
      return null;
  }
  // Empty checks
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Checks if a String is empty ("") or null.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(null)      = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("")        = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(" ")       = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("bob")     = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("  bob  ") = false
   * </pre>
   *
   * NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
   * It no longer trims the String.
   * That functionality is available in isBlank().
   *
   * @param str  the String to check, may be null
   * @return <code>true</code> if the String is empty or null
   */
  public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
      return str == null || str.length() == 0;
  }

}





Gets the String that is nested in between two Strings. Only the first match is returned.

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */


/**
 * Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
 * <code>null</code> safe.
 *
 * @see java.lang.String
 * @author 
 * @author Arun Mammen Thomas
 * @author Gary Gregory
 * @author Phil Steitz
 * @author Al Chou
 * @author Michael Davey
 * @author Reuben Sivan
 * @author Chris Hyzer
 * @author Scott Johnson
 * @since 1.0
 * @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
 */
public class Main {
  // Substring between
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Gets the String that is nested in between two instances of the
   * same String.
   *
   * A <code>null</code> input String returns <code>null</code>.
   * A <code>null</code> tag returns <code>null</code>.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.substringBetween(null, *)            = null
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("", "")             = ""
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("", "tag")          = null
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("tagabctag", null)  = null
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("tagabctag", "")    = ""
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("tagabctag", "tag") = "abc"
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the String containing the substring, may be null
   * @param tag  the String before and after the substring, may be null
   * @return the substring, <code>null</code> if no match
   * @since 2.0
   */
  public static String substringBetween(String str, String tag) {
      return substringBetween(str, tag, tag);
  }
  /**
   * Gets the String that is nested in between two Strings.
   * Only the first match is returned.
   *
   * A <code>null</code> input String returns <code>null</code>.
   * A <code>null</code> open/close returns <code>null</code> (no match).
   * An empty ("") open and close returns an empty string.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("wx[b]yz", "[", "]") = "b"
   * StringUtils.substringBetween(null, *, *)          = null
   * StringUtils.substringBetween(*, null, *)          = null
   * StringUtils.substringBetween(*, *, null)          = null
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("", "", "")          = ""
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("", "", "]")         = null
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("", "[", "]")        = null
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("yabcz", "", "")     = ""
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("yabcz", "y", "z")   = "abc"
   * StringUtils.substringBetween("yabczyabcz", "y", "z")   = "abc"
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the String containing the substring, may be null
   * @param open  the String before the substring, may be null
   * @param close  the String after the substring, may be null
   * @return the substring, <code>null</code> if no match
   * @since 2.0
   */
  public static String substringBetween(String str, String open, String close) {
      if (str == null || open == null || close == null) {
          return null;
      }
      int start = str.indexOf(open);
      if (start != -1) {
          int end = str.indexOf(close, start + open.length());
          if (end != -1) {
              return str.substring(start + open.length(), end);
          }
      }
      return null;
  }
  // Empty checks
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Checks if a String is empty ("") or null.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(null)      = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("")        = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(" ")       = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("bob")     = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("  bob  ") = false
   * </pre>
   *
   * NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
   * It no longer trims the String.
   * That functionality is available in isBlank().
   *
   * @param str  the String to check, may be null
   * @return <code>true</code> if the String is empty or null
   */
  public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
      return str == null || str.length() == 0;
  }

}





Gets the substring after the first occurrence of a separator. The separator is not returned.

/**
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */


/**
 * Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
 * <code>null</code> safe.
 *
 * @see java.lang.String
 * @author 
 * @author Arun Mammen Thomas
 * @author Gary Gregory
 * @author Phil Steitz
 * @author Al Chou
 * @author Michael Davey
 * @author Reuben Sivan
 * @author Chris Hyzer
 * @author Scott Johnson
 * @since 1.0
 * @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
 */
public class Main {
  /**
   * Gets the substring after the first occurrence of a separator.
   * The separator is not returned.
   *
   * A <code>null</code> string input will return <code>null</code>.
   * An empty ("") string input will return the empty string.
   * A <code>null</code> separator will return the empty string if the
   * input string is not <code>null</code>.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.substringAfter(null, *)      = null
   * StringUtils.substringAfter("", *)        = ""
   * StringUtils.substringAfter(*, null)      = ""
   * StringUtils.substringAfter("abc", "a")   = "bc"
   * StringUtils.substringAfter("abcba", "b") = "cba"
   * StringUtils.substringAfter("abc", "c")   = ""
   * StringUtils.substringAfter("abc", "d")   = ""
   * StringUtils.substringAfter("abc", "")    = "abc"
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the String to get a substring from, may be null
   * @param separator  the String to search for, may be null
   * @return the substring after the first occurrence of the separator,
   *  <code>null</code> if null String input
   * @since 2.0
   */
  public static String substringAfter(String str, String separator) {
      if (isEmpty(str)) {
          return str;
      }
      if (separator == null) {
          return "";
      }
      int pos = str.indexOf(separator);
      if (pos == -1) {
          return "";
      }
      return str.substring(pos + separator.length());
  }
  // Empty checks
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Checks if a String is empty ("") or null.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(null)      = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("")        = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(" ")       = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("bob")     = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("  bob  ") = false
   * </pre>
   *
   * NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
   * It no longer trims the String.
   * That functionality is available in isBlank().
   *
   * @param str  the String to check, may be null
   * @return <code>true</code> if the String is empty or null
   */
  public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
      return str == null || str.length() == 0;
  }

}





Gets the substring before the last occurrence of a separator. The separator is not returned.

/**
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */


/**
 * Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
 * <code>null</code> safe.
 *
 * @see java.lang.String
 * @author 
 * @author Arun Mammen Thomas
 * @author Gary Gregory
 * @author Phil Steitz
 * @author Al Chou
 * @author Michael Davey
 * @author Reuben Sivan
 * @author Chris Hyzer
 * @author Scott Johnson
 * @since 1.0
 * @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
 */
public class Main {
  /**
   * Gets the substring before the last occurrence of a separator.
   * The separator is not returned.
   *
   * A <code>null</code> string input will return <code>null</code>.
   * An empty ("") string input will return the empty string.
   * An empty or <code>null</code> separator will return the input string.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.substringBeforeLast(null, *)      = null
   * StringUtils.substringBeforeLast("", *)        = ""
   * StringUtils.substringBeforeLast("abcba", "b") = "abc"
   * StringUtils.substringBeforeLast("abc", "c")   = "ab"
   * StringUtils.substringBeforeLast("a", "a")     = ""
   * StringUtils.substringBeforeLast("a", "z")     = "a"
   * StringUtils.substringBeforeLast("a", null)    = "a"
   * StringUtils.substringBeforeLast("a", "")      = "a"
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the String to get a substring from, may be null
   * @param separator  the String to search for, may be null
   * @return the substring before the last occurrence of the separator,
   *  <code>null</code> if null String input
   * @since 2.0
   */
  public static String substringBeforeLast(String str, String separator) {
      if (isEmpty(str) || isEmpty(separator)) {
          return str;
      }
      int pos = str.lastIndexOf(separator);
      if (pos == -1) {
          return str;
      }
      return str.substring(0, pos);
  }
  // Empty checks
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Checks if a String is empty ("") or null.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(null)      = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("")        = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(" ")       = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("bob")     = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("  bob  ") = false
   * </pre>
   *
   * NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
   * It no longer trims the String.
   * That functionality is available in isBlank().
   *
   * @param str  the String to check, may be null
   * @return <code>true</code> if the String is empty or null
   */
  public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
      return str == null || str.length() == 0;
  }

}





Get the difference between two strings

/**
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this
 * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF
 * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */
public class Utils {
  public static String diff(String str1, String str2) {
    int index = str1.lastIndexOf(str2);
    if (index > -1) {
      return str1.substring(str2.length());
    }
    return str1;
  }
}





Removes a substring only if it is at the begining of a source string, otherwise returns the source string.

/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
public class Main {
  // Remove
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Removes a substring only if it is at the begining of a source string,
   * otherwise returns the source string.
   *
   * A <code>null</code> source string will return <code>null</code>.
   * An empty ("") source string will return the empty string.
   * A <code>null</code> search string will return the source string.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.removeStart(null, *)      = null
   * StringUtils.removeStart("", *)        = ""
   * StringUtils.removeStart(*, null)      = *
   * StringUtils.removeStart("www.domain.ru", "www.")   = "domain.ru"
   * StringUtils.removeStart("domain.ru", "www.")       = "domain.ru"
   * StringUtils.removeStart("www.domain.ru", "domain") = "www.domain.ru"
   * StringUtils.removeStart("abc", "")    = "abc"
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the source String to search, may be null
   * @param remove  the String to search for and remove, may be null
   * @return the substring with the string removed if found,
   *  <code>null</code> if null String input
   * @since 2.1
   */
  public static String removeStart(String str, String remove) {
      if (isEmpty(str) || isEmpty(remove)) {
          return str;
      }
      if (str.startsWith(remove)){
          return str.substring(remove.length());
      }
      return str;
  }
  // Empty checks
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Checks if a String is empty ("") or null.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(null)      = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("")        = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(" ")       = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("bob")     = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("  bob  ") = false
   * </pre>
   *
   * NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
   * It no longer trims the String.
   * That functionality is available in isBlank().
   *
   * @param str  the String to check, may be null
   * @return <code>true</code> if the String is empty or null
   */
  public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
      return str == null || str.length() == 0;
  }
}





Removes a substring only if it is at the end of a source string, otherwise returns the source string.

/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
public class Main {
  /**
   * Removes a substring only if it is at the end of a source string,
   * otherwise returns the source string.
   *
   * A <code>null</code> source string will return <code>null</code>.
   * An empty ("") source string will return the empty string.
   * A <code>null</code> search string will return the source string.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.removeEnd(null, *)      = null
   * StringUtils.removeEnd("", *)        = ""
   * StringUtils.removeEnd(*, null)      = *
   * StringUtils.removeEnd("www.domain.ru", ".ru.")  = "www.domain.ru"
   * StringUtils.removeEnd("www.domain.ru", ".ru")   = "www.domain"
   * StringUtils.removeEnd("www.domain.ru", "domain") = "www.domain.ru"
   * StringUtils.removeEnd("abc", "")    = "abc"
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param str  the source String to search, may be null
   * @param remove  the String to search for and remove, may be null
   * @return the substring with the string removed if found,
   *  <code>null</code> if null String input
   * @since 2.1
   */
  public static String removeEnd(String str, String remove) {
      if (isEmpty(str) || isEmpty(remove)) {
          return str;
      }
      if (str.endsWith(remove)) {
          return str.substring(0, str.length() - remove.length());
      }
      return str;
  }
  // Empty checks
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Checks if a String is empty ("") or null.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(null)      = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("")        = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(" ")       = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("bob")     = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("  bob  ") = false
   * </pre>
   *
   * NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
   * It no longer trims the String.
   * That functionality is available in isBlank().
   *
   * @param str  the String to check, may be null
   * @return <code>true</code> if the String is empty or null
   */
  public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
      return str == null || str.length() == 0;
  }
}





Searches a String for substrings delimited by a start and end tag, returning all matching substrings in an array.

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */


/**
 * Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
 * <code>null</code> safe.
 *
 * @see java.lang.String
 * @author 
 * @author Arun Mammen Thomas
 * @author Gary Gregory
 * @author Phil Steitz
 * @author Al Chou
 * @author Michael Davey
 * @author Reuben Sivan
 * @author Chris Hyzer
 * @author Scott Johnson
 * @since 1.0
 * @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
 */
public class Main {

    /**
     * Searches a String for substrings delimited by a start and end tag,
     * returning all matching substrings in an array.
     *
     * A <code>null</code> input String returns <code>null</code>.
     * A <code>null</code> open/close returns <code>null</code> (no match).
     * An empty ("") open/close returns <code>null</code> (no match).
     *
     * <pre>
     * StringUtils.substringsBetween("[a][b][c]", "[", "]") = ["a","b","c"]
     * StringUtils.substringsBetween(null, *, *)            = null
     * StringUtils.substringsBetween(*, null, *)            = null
     * StringUtils.substringsBetween(*, *, null)            = null
     * StringUtils.substringsBetween("", "[", "]")          = []
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param str  the String containing the substrings, null returns null, empty returns empty
     * @param open  the String identifying the start of the substring, empty returns null
     * @param close  the String identifying the end of the substring, empty returns null
     * @return a String Array of substrings, or <code>null</code> if no match
     * @since 2.3
     */
    public static String[] substringsBetween(String str, String open, String close) {
        if (str == null || isEmpty(open) || isEmpty(close)) {
            return null;
        }
        int strLen = str.length();
        if (strLen == 0) {
            return new String[0];
        }
        int closeLen = close.length();
        int openLen = open.length();
        List list = new ArrayList();
        int pos = 0;
        while (pos < (strLen - closeLen)) {
            int start = str.indexOf(open, pos);
            if (start < 0) {
                break;
            }
            start += openLen;
            int end = str.indexOf(close, start);
            if (end < 0) {
                break;
            }
            list.add(str.substring(start, end));
            pos = end + closeLen;
        }
        if (list.isEmpty()) {
            return null;
        } 
        return (String[]) list.toArray(new String [list.size()]);
    }
  // Empty checks
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Checks if a String is empty ("") or null.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(null)      = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("")        = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(" ")       = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("bob")     = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("  bob  ") = false
   * </pre>
   *
   * NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
   * It no longer trims the String.
   * That functionality is available in isBlank().
   *
   * @param str  the String to check, may be null
   * @return <code>true</code> if the String is empty or null
   */
  public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
      return str == null || str.length() == 0;
  }

}





Substitute sub-strings in side of a string

import java.util.Map;

/*
  * JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source
  * Copyright 2005, JBoss Inc., and individual contributors as indicated
  * by the @authors tag. See the copyright.txt in the distribution for a
  * full listing of individual contributors.
  *
  * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
  * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
  * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
  * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
  */

public class Main{
  /** An empty string constant */
  public static final String EMPTY = "";
  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  //                         Substitution Methods                        //
  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  /**
   * Substitute sub-strings in side of a string.
   *
   * @param buff    Stirng buffer to use for substitution (buffer is not reset)
   * @param from    String to substitute from
   * @param to      String to substitute to
   * @param string  String to look for from in
   * @return        Substituted string
   */
  public static String subst(final StringBuffer buff, final String from,
     final String to, final String string)
  {
     int begin = 0, end = 0;
     while ((end = string.indexOf(from, end)) != -1)
     {
        // append the first part of the string
        buff.append(string.substring(begin, end));
        // append the replaced string
        buff.append(to);
        // update positions
        begin = end + from.length();
        end = begin;
     }
     // append the rest of the string
     buff.append(string.substring(begin, string.length()));
     return buff.toString();
  }
  /**
   * Substitute sub-strings in side of a string.
   *
   * @param from    String to substitute from
   * @param to      String to substitute to
   * @param string  String to look for from in
   * @return        Substituted string
   */
  public static String subst(final String from, final String to,
     final String string)
  {
     return subst(new StringBuffer(), from, to, string);
  }
  /**
   * Substitute sub-strings in side of a string.
   *
   * @param buff       String buffer to use for substitution (buffer is not reset)
   * @param string     String to subst mappings in
   * @param map        Map of from->to strings
   * @param beginToken Beginning token
   * @param endToken   Ending token
   * @return           Substituted string
   */
  public static String subst(final StringBuffer buff, final String string,
     final Map map, final String beginToken,
     final String endToken)
  {
     int begin = 0, rangeEnd = 0;
     Range range;
     while ((range = rangeOf(beginToken, endToken, string, rangeEnd)) != null)
     {
        // append the first part of the string
        buff.append(string.substring(begin, range.begin));
        // Get the string to replace from the map
        String key = string.substring(range.begin + beginToken.length(),
           range.end);
        Object value = map.get(key);
        // if mapping does not exist then use empty;
        if (value == null) value = EMPTY;
        // append the replaced string
        buff.append(value);
        // update positions
        begin = range.end + endToken.length();
        rangeEnd = begin;
     }
     // append the rest of the string
     buff.append(string.substring(begin, string.length()));
     return buff.toString();
  }
  /**
   * Substitute sub-strings in side of a string.
   *
   * @param string     String to subst mappings in
   * @param map        Map of from->to strings
   * @param beginToken Beginning token
   * @param endToken   Ending token
   * @return           Substituted string
   */
  public static String subst(final String string, final Map map,
     final String beginToken, final String endToken)
  {
     return subst(new StringBuffer(), string, map, beginToken, endToken);
  }
  /**
   * Substitute index identifiers with the replacement value from the
   * given array for the corresponding index.
   *
   * @param buff       The string buffer used for the substitution
   *                   (buffer is not reset).
   * @param string     String substitution format.
   * @param replace    Array of strings whose values will be used as 
   *                   replacements in the given string when a token with
   *                   their index is found.
   * @param token      The character token to specify the start of an index
   *                   reference.
   * @return           Substituted string.
   */
  public static String subst(final StringBuffer buff, final String string,
     final String replace[], final char token)
  {
     int i = string.length();
     for (int j = 0; j >= 0 && j < i; j++)
     {
        char c = string.charAt(j);
        // if the char is the token, then get the index
        if (c == token)
        {
           // if we aren"t at the end of the string, get the index
           if (j != i)
           {
              int k = Character.digit(string.charAt(j + 1), 10);
              if (k == -1)
              {
                 buff.append(string.charAt(j + 1));
              }
              else if (k < replace.length)
              {
                 buff.append(replace[k]);
              }
              j++;
           }
        }
        else
        {
           buff.append(c);
        }
     }
     return buff.toString();
  }
  /**
   * Substitute index identifiers with the replacement value from the
   * given array for the corresponding index.
   *
   * @param string     String substitution format.
   * @param replace    Array of strings whose values will be used as 
   *                   replacements in the given string when a token with
   *                   their index is found.
   * @param token      The character token to specify the start of an index
   *                   reference.
   * @return           Substituted string.
   */
  public static String subst(final String string, final String replace[],
     final char token)
  {
     return subst(new StringBuffer(), string, replace, token);
  }
  /**
   * Substitute index identifiers (with <code>%</code> for the index token)
   * with the replacement value from the given array for the corresponding
   * index.
   *
   * @param string     String substitution format.
   * @param replace    Array of strings whose values will be used as 
   *                   replacements in the given string when a token with
   *                   their index is found.
   * @return           Substituted string.
   */
  public static String subst(final String string, final String replace[])
  {
     return subst(new StringBuffer(), string, replace, "%");
  }
  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  //                             Range Methods                           //
  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  /**
   * Represents a range between two integers.
   */
  public static class Range
  {
     /** The beginning of the range. */
     public int begin;
     /** The end of the range. */
     public int end;
     /**
      * Construct a new range.
      *
      * @param begin   The beginning of the range.
      * @param end     The end of the range.
      */
     public Range(int begin, int end)
     {
        this.begin = begin;
        this.end = end;
     }
     /**
      * Default constructor.
      */
     public Range()
     {
     }
  }
  /**
   * Return the range from a begining token to an ending token.
   *
   * @param beginToken String to indicate begining of range.
   * @param endToken   String to indicate ending of range.
   * @param string     String to look for range in.
   * @param fromIndex  Beginning index.
   * @return           (begin index, end index) or <i>null</i>.
   */
  public static Range rangeOf(final String beginToken, final String endToken,
     final String string, final int fromIndex)
  {
     int begin = string.indexOf(beginToken, fromIndex);
     if (begin != -1)
     {
        int end = string.indexOf(endToken, begin + 1);
        if (end != -1)
        {
           return new Range(begin, end);
        }
     }
     return null;
  }
  /**
   * Return the range from a begining token to an ending token.
   *
   * @param beginToken String to indicate begining of range.
   * @param endToken   String to indicate ending of range.
   * @param string     String to look for range in.
   * @return           (begin index, end index) or <i>null</i>.
   */
  public static Range rangeOf(final String beginToken, final String endToken,
     final String string)
  {
     return rangeOf(beginToken, endToken, string, 0);
  }
}