Java - removing first character of a string

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Calibre2010 picture Calibre2010 · Dec 21, 2010 · Viewed 463.1k times · Source

In Java, I have a String:

Jamaica

I would like to remove the first character of the string and then return amaica

How would I do this?

Answer

moinudin picture moinudin · Dec 21, 2010

Use the substring() function with an argument of 1 to get the substring from position 1 (after the first character) to the end of the string (leaving the second argument out defaults to the full length of the string).

"Jamaica".substring(1);

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