Java Strings Cheat Sheet
String Creation
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//Literal String str1 = "This is string 1!"; //Using new Keyword String str2 = new String("This is string 2"); //Using valueOf method String str3 = String.valueOf(1234); //Using Character Array char[] chars = {'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'}; String s3 = new String(chars);
Concatenation
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String str1 = 1 + "one" + 1; // 1one1 String str2 = 2 + 2 + "two"; // 4two String str3 = "3" + 3 + "three"; // 33three String str4 = "4" + str1; // 41one1 String str5 = "5" + String.valueOf(5); // 55 String str6 = str2.concat(str3); // 4two33three
String Information
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String str = "Welcome"; str.length(); // 7 str.indexOf("e"); // 1 str.indexOf("r"); // -1 str.charAt(2); // l str.substring(1,3); // el str.contains("c"); // true str.startsWith("W"); // true str.endsWith("e"); // true str.isBlank(); // false str.isEmpty(); // false str.lastIndexOf("e"); // 6
Comparison
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String str1 = "Welcome"; String str2 = new String("Welcome"); String str3 = "welcome"; System.out.println(str1 == str2); // false System.out.println(str1.equals(str2)); // true System.out.println(str1.equals(str3)); //false System.out.println(str1.equalsIgnoreCase(str3)); //true System.out.println(str1.contains(str2)); // true System.out.println(str1.contains(str3)); // false System.out.println(str1.compareTo(str2)); // 0 System.out.println(str1.contentEquals(str2)); // true System.out.println(str1.contentEquals(str3)); // false
Manipulation
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String str1 = "Welcome"; String str2 = " Welcome "; System.out.println(str1.toLowerCase()); // welcome System.out.println(str1.toUpperCase()); // WELCOME char[] char1 = str1.toCharArray(); // ['W','e','l','c','o','m','e'] System.out.println(char1); // Welcome String strArr[] = str1.split(""); // ["W","e","l","c","o","m","e"] System.out.println(String.join(",", strArr)); // W,e,l,c,o,m,e System.out.println(str2.trim()); // [Welcome] System.out.println(str2.stripLeading()); // [Welcome ] System.out.println(str2.stripTrailing()); // [ Welcome]
StringBuilder (Mutable)
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StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("Hello"); sb.append(" World"); // Appends " World" sb.insert(5, ","); // Inserts "," at index 5 sb.delete(5, 6); // Deletes the character at index 5 sb.reverse(); // Reverses the string String finalString = sb.toString(); // Converts StringBuilder to String
StringBuffer (Thread-safe, Mutable)
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StringBuffer sbf = new StringBuffer("Hello"); sbf.append(" World"); sbf.insert(5, ","); sbf.delete(5, 6); sbf.reverse(); String finalStringBuffer = sbf.toString();
String Pool
String Pool: In Java, the string pool is a special storage area in the heap memory. When a string literal is created, Java checks the pool first. If the string already exists, the reference to the pooled instance is returned. If not, a new string object is created and placed in the pool.
Advanced String Handling
String Joiner (Java 8+)
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StringJoiner joiner = new StringJoiner(", "); joiner.add("Apple").add("Banana").add("Cherry"); String result = joiner.toString(); // "Apple, Banana, Cherry"
String Repeat (Java 11+)
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String repeated = "Hello".repeat(3); // "HelloHelloHello"
String Strip (Java 11+)
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String stripped = " Hello ".strip(); // Removes leading and trailing whitespaces String strippedLeading = " Hello ".stripLeading(); // Removes leading whitespaces String strippedTrailing = " Hello ".stripTrailing(); // Removes trailing whitespaces
String Lines (Java 11+)
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String multiline = "Hello\nWorld\nJava"; multiline.lines().forEach(System.out::println); // Splits the string into lines and processes each line
String indent (Java 12+)
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String indented = "Hello\nWorld".indent(4); // Indents each line by 4 spaces
Formatted String (Java 15+)
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String formatted = String.format("Hello %s", "World"); // "Hello World"