*> Escape sequences x"0a" *> line-feed x"09" *> tab "\" *> backslash "" *> quote *> String concatenation 01 school string value "Harding" & x"09". *> school is "Harding (tab) University" set school to school & "University" *> Chars 01 letter character. 01 word character occurs any. set letter to school::Chars(0) *> letter is H set letter to type Convert::ToChar(65) *> letter is A set letter to 65 as character *> same thing set word to school::ToCharArray *>word holds Harding *> String literal 01 msg string value "File is c:\temp\x.dat". *> String comparison 01 mascot string value "Beatles". if mascot = "Beatles" *> true if mascot::Equals("Beatles") *> true if mascot::ToUpper::"Equals"("BEATLES") *> true if mascot::CompareTo("Beatles") = 0 *> true *> Substring set s to mascot::Substring(1, 3) *> s is "eat" *> Replacement set s to mascot::Replace("Beatl" "Monke") *> s is "Monkees" *> Split 01 names string value "John,Paul,George,Ringo". 01 parts string occurs any. set parts to names::Split(",") *> Date to string 01 dt type DateTime value new DateTime(1973, 10, 12). 01 s string. set s to dt::ToString("MMM dd, yyyy") *> Oct 12, 1973 *> int to string 01 x string. 01 y binary-long value 2. set x to type x::ToString *> x is "2" *> string to int 01 x binary-long. set x to type Convert::ToInt32("-5") *> x is -5 *> Mutable string 01 buffer type System.Text.StringBuilder value new System.Text.StringBuilder("two "). invoke buffer::Append("three ") invoke buffer::Insert(0, "one ") invoke buffer::Replace("two" "TWO" display buffer *> Prints "one TWO three"
// Escape sequences \r // carriage-return \n // line-feed \t // tab \\ // backslash \" // quote // String concatenation String school = "Harding\t"; school = school + "University"; // school is "Harding (tab) University" // Chars char letter = school.charAt(0); // letter is H letter = (char)65; // letter is A char[] word = school.toCharArray(); // word holds Harding // String literal String msg = "File is c:\\temp\\x.dat"; // String comparison String mascot = "Beatles"; if (mascot == "Beatles") // true if (mascot.contentEquals("Beatles")) // true if (mascot.toUpperCase().contentEquals("BEATLES")) // true if (mascot.compareTo("Beatles") == 0) // true // Substring NB this is different behaviour to C#, startIndex endIndex String s = mascot.substring(1, 3); // s is "ea" // Replacement s = mascot.replace("Beatl", "Monke"); // s is "Monkees" // Split String names = "John,Paul,George,Ringo"; // One name in each slot String[] parts = names.split("',"); // Date to string java.util.Date dt = new java.util.Date(); java.text.SimpleDateFormat dateformatMMDDYYYY = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("MMddyyyy"); StringBuilder nowMMDDYYYY = new StringBuilder(dateformatMMDDYYYY.format(dt)); s = "Today is " + nowMMDDYYYY; // int to string int x = 2; String y = Integer.toString(x); // y is "2" // String to int String minusFive = "-5"; int z = new Double(minusFive).intValue(); // x is -5 // Mutable string java.lang.StringBuilder buffer = new java.lang.StringBuilder("two "); buffer.append("three "); buffer.insert(0, "one "); buffer.replace(0, 2, "TWO"); //start, end, string - different to C# System.out.println(buffer); // Prints "one TWO three"
Portions of these examples were produced by Dr. Frank McCown, Harding University Computer Science Dept, and are licensed under a Creative Commons License.