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StringBuilder.delete() help!!!

 
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the code above does compile and run.




this second code, compile and error in runtime. StringIndexOutOfBoundException.

Why the first code does not give runtime error? It seems there is extra one index in StringBuffer object.
 
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The API documentation answers your question:

Throws:
StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if start is negative, greater than length(), or greater than end.


In your second case, start is greater than length(), so it throws StringIndexOutOfBoundsException.
[ August 16, 2007: Message edited by: Jesper Young ]
 
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Howdy ranchers,

the API says about StringBuffer's delete(int start,int end) method:


Throws:
StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if start is negative, greater than length(), or greater than end.


This makes sense, because there is always a null string at the end of a character sequence, so the 3 is ok, 4 is too high.
More about this (yet a different question) on
http://faq.javaranch.com/java/ScjpFaq#kb-regexp
(have a look on the image there)

Note, that delete() does not throw an exception, if the "end" number is too high.


Yours,
Bu.
 
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Thanks,

Now i got it already.
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