/** * An introduction to Strings and String methods. * * @author Wilhem Alcivar */ public class StringParser { /** * Takes a String and returns that String with all characters uppercased. * E.G. cat would become CAT. dOnUt would become DONUT. * * @param s * @return String * stringName.toUpperCase()---> this is the method of the string class * to turn all the letters in a string to uppercase */ public static String upperCaseString(String s) { return s.toUpperCase(); } /** * Takes a String and returns that String with all characters lowercased. * E.G. MOUSE would become mouse. dOnUt would become donut. * * @param s * @return String */ public static String lowerCaseString(String s) { return s.toLowerCase(); } /** * Takes a String and returns the first character of that string. * E.G. cat would return c. Embark would return E. * * @param s * @return String */ public static Character getFirstCharacter(String s) { return s.charAt(0); } /** * Takes a String and returns the character at index n of that string. * E.G. cat, 2 would return t. Embark, 4 would return r. * * @param s * @param n * @return String */ public static Character getNthCharacter(String s, Integer n) { return s.charAt(n); } /** * Takes a String and returns that string with the first character uppercased. * E.G. cat would return Cat. cofFee would return CofFee. * * @param s * @return String */ public static String upperCaseFirstCharacter(String s) { return s.substring(0,1).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1); } /** * Takes a String and returns that string with the first character of each word in it uppercased * and then joined. * E.G. dog whistle would return DogWhistle. adjuNCT pRoFessOR would return AdjuctProfessor. * * @param s * @return String */ public static String camelCaseString(String s) { String c = s.toLowerCase(); String ten = c.split(" ")[0]; String five = c.split(" ")[1]; String twenty = ten.substring(0,1).toUpperCase() + ten.substring(1); String twentyone = five.substring(0,1).toUpperCase() + five.substring(1); String numbersandletters = twenty + twentyone; return numbersandletters.trim(); } /** * Takes a String and returns that string with each character lowercased * and then joined with an underscore * E.G. dog whistle would return dog_whistle. adjuNCT pRoFessOR would return adjuct_professor. * * @param s * @return String */ public static String snakeCaseString(String s) { String a = s.replaceAll(" ", "_").toLowerCase(); return a; } /** * Takes a String and returns the length of that string * E.G. cat would return 3. extra would return 5. * * @param s * @return String */ public static Integer getLength(String s) { int length = s.length(); return length; } /** * Takes in two strings and returns true if they are equal * E.G. example and shelf would return false. * cat and CaT would return false. * Dog and Dog would return true * * @param s1 * @param s2 * @return String */ public static Boolean isEqual(String s1, String s2) { return s1.equals(s2); } /** * Takes in two strings and returns true if they are equal * E.G. example and shelf would return false. * cat and CaT would return true. * Dog and Dog would return true * * @param s1 * @param s2 * @return String */ public static Boolean isEqualIgnoreCase(String s1, String s2) { return s1.equalsIgnoreCase(s2); } }