Remove a trailing slash from a string(changed from url type) in JAVA

Question

I want to remove the trailing slash from a string in Java.

I want to check if the string ends with a url, and if it does, i want to remove it.

Here is what I have:

String s = "http://almaden.ibm.com/";

s= s.replaceAll("/","");

and this:

String s = "http://almaden.ibm.com/";
length  =  s.length();
--length;
Char buff = s.charAt((length);
if(buff == '/')
{
     LOGGER.info("ends with trailing slash");
/*how to remove?*/
}
else  LOGGER.info("Doesnt end with trailing slash");

But neither work.

Answer 1

There are two options: using pattern matching (slightly slower):

s = s.replaceAll("/$", "");

or:

s = s.replaceAll("/\\z", "");

And using an if statement (slightly faster):

if (s.endsWith("/")) {
    s = s.substring(0, s.length() - 1);
}

or (a bit ugly):

s = s.substring(0, s.length() - (s.endsWith("/") ? 1 : 0));

Please note you need to use s = s..., because Strings are immutable.