package com.zipcodewilmington.streams.tools; /** * Created by leon on 5/24/17. * @ATTENTION_TO_STUDENTS You are FORBIDDEN from modifying this class */ public class StringUtils { /** * @param string - String to capitalize * @return - input String with first character capitalized */ public static String capitalizeFirstChar(String string) { String firstChar = new Character(string.charAt(0)).toString(); return string.replaceFirst(firstChar, firstChar.toUpperCase()); } /** * @param numberOfRepeats - number of times to repeat this string * @param val - value of string to repeat * @return - `personSequence` concatenated with itself `numberOfRepeats` times */ public static String repeatString(int numberOfRepeats, String val) { StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(); for (int i = 0; i < numberOfRepeats; i++) { sb.append(val); } return sb.toString(); } /** * @param s the String to pad * @param n the padding amount * @return the padded-left String */ public static String padLeft(Object s, int n) { return String.format("%1$" + n + "s", s); } /** * @param s the String to pad * @param n the padding amount * @return the padded-left String */ public static String padRight(String s, int n) { return padLeft(s, -n); } /** * @param str string to check * @return true if `str` is a palindrome */ public static boolean isPalindromeIgnoreCase(String str) { return new StringBuilder(str).reverse().toString().equalsIgnoreCase(str); } }