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Error Code: StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1

 
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Hi

Unclear what is causing the error (at line 7) ?



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String.substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex)

javadoc wrote:Throws:
IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the beginIndex is negative, or endIndex is larger than the length of this String object, or beginIndex is larger than endIndex.

 
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substring(4, 3)???

That is the problem.
 
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hi

have corrected the code to substring (4, 7)

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If you're like me, you sometimes forget that the second parameter for substring is the ending index and not a length! This habit comes from my BASIC days.
 
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Hi Knute

Yes - BASIC - those were the good ol' days

Regards from New Zealand

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You subtract the first number from the second number and you get the length of the substring.
 
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Of course CR means when there is something to subtract.
You could have:
Which would give you an output of "ubtraction" (everything after 4th character (including fourth)).
 
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