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Where does indexing start?

Short answer. At 0, so charAt(2) is the third character.

Is the end index of substring included?

No. substring(1,4) stops before index 4.

On "banana"

MethodResult
length()6
charAt(2)'n'
indexOf('a')1
substring(1,4)"ana"

Remember

Index starts at 0
substring stops before end

How do you pick letters out of a word? Index starts at zero. Length is six. Char at two is N. The first A is at one. Substring stops before four. Remember. Index starts at zero. Substring stops before the end index.

This clip is from the full lesson: The String Class and String Methods — 8 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.

Useful for: CBSE Class 12 Information Technology (802), ICSE Class 10 Computer Applications, ICSE Class 10 Computer Applications, ICSE Class 10 Computer Applications

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