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Remove the last character from a String
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import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.SQLException;
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public class Main {
/**
* <code>\u000a</code> linefeed LF ('\n').
*
* @see <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/lexical.html#101089">JLF: Escape Sequences
* for Character and String Literals</a>
* @since 2.2
*/
public static final char LF = '\n';
/**
* <code>\u000d</code> carriage return CR ('\r').
*
* @see <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/lexical.html#101089">JLF: Escape Sequences
* for Character and String Literals</a>
* @since 2.2
*/
public static final char CR = '\r';
// Chopping
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* <p>Remove the last character from a String.</p>
*
* <p>If the String ends in <code>\r\n</code>, then remove both
* of them.</p>
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.chop(null) = null
* StringUtils.chop("") = ""
* StringUtils.chop("abc \r") = "abc "
* StringUtils.chop("abc\n") = "abc"
* StringUtils.chop("abc\r\n") = "abc"
* StringUtils.chop("abc") = "ab"
* StringUtils.chop("abc\nabc") = "abc\nab"
* StringUtils.chop("a") = ""
* StringUtils.chop("\r") = ""
* StringUtils.chop("\n") = ""
* StringUtils.chop("\r\n") = ""
* </pre>
*
* @param str the String to chop last character from, may be null
* @return String without last character, <code>null</code> if null String input
*/
public static String chop(String str) {
if (str == null) {
return null;
}
int strLen = str.length();
if (strLen < 2) {
return "";
}
int lastIdx = strLen - 1;
String ret = str.substring(0, lastIdx);
char last = str.charAt(lastIdx);
if (last == LF) {
if (ret.charAt(lastIdx - 1) == CR) {
return ret.substring(0, lastIdx - 1);
}
}
return ret;
}
// Empty checks
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* <p>Checks if a String is empty ("") or null.</p>
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.isEmpty(null) = true
* StringUtils.isEmpty("") = true
* StringUtils.isEmpty(" ") = false
* StringUtils.isEmpty("bob") = false
* StringUtils.isEmpty(" bob ") = false
* </pre>
*
* <p>NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
* It no longer trims the String.
* That functionality is available in isBlank().</p>
*
* @param str the String to check, may be null
* @return <code>true</code> if the String is empty or null
*/
public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
return str == null || str.length() == 0;
}
}
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