subString method in String class

[Periakaruppan Thiagarajan]

Overloaded subString method of String class.
1. public String subString(int pos);
2. public String subString(int startpos,int endpos);

Since we could get the results by using the 2nd overloaded subString() method, why sun java provided us the 1st method?. Under what situation, do we intended to use the 1st one?

[Steve Simon Joseph Fernandez]

In the first variant, endpos is taken to be the end of the given string.

_steve.

[Mani Ram]

Originally posted by Periakaruppan Thiagarajan:
Since we could get the results by using the 2nd overloaded subString() method, why sun java provided us the 1st method?. [/QB]

Just to make life easier for programmers.

Have a look at the API. You can see tons of such cases. It's for our convenience.
[ July 28, 2005: Message edited by: Mani Ram ]

[Ilja Preuss]

The first simply is a convenient method.

[Jim Yingst]

I think it's also worth noting that there is no "subString" method in the String class. Capitalization is important in Java, and if you don't pay careful attention to it, errors will occur.
[ July 28, 2005: Message edited by: Jim Yingst ]

[Periakaruppan Thiagarajan]

Sorry Jim. It must be substring() method. It was a costly mistake.