Noob question: Inserting small string into larger string

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benaloney

Noob question: Inserting small string into larger string

in Programming Questions • 1 year ago

Hi,

I was wondering how you insert a small string into a larger one by replacing the elements in the string to maintain the length.

for example: "aaaaaaaa" insert "bbb" to element 3 to 6 = "aabbbaaa"

I know this is possible using split() and join(), just wondering if there's an easier way.

would appreciate any help :)

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calsign

Re: Noob question: Inserting small string into larger string

1 year ago

There is no simple way to do that.

If you want to do it, then yes, the best way is to use:

String output = baseString.substring(0, splitPoint) + spliceString + baseString.substring(splitPoint + spliceString.length(), baseString.length());

benaloney

Re: Re: Noob question: Inserting small string into larger string

1 year ago

Thank you so much for your quick response calsign!

I have been looking at the java replace functions but they're not really what I'm looking for. Thank you as well for providing the sample code, its exactly what i need!

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