BreakIterator first() method in Java with Examples
The first() method of java.text.BreakIterator class is used to get the index of the first boundary.it always return the start index of first boundary.it provides the offset of first character of first boundary.
Syntax:
public abstract int first()
Parameter: This method does not accept any parameter.
Return Value: This method provides the index of the first boundary.
Below are the examples to illustrate the first() method:
Example 1:
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] argv)
{
BreakIterator wb
= BreakIterator.getWordInstance();
wb.setText( "Code Geeks" );
int first = wb.first();
System.out.println( "first boundary : " + first);
}
}
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Output:
first boundary : 0
Example 2:
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] argv)
{
BreakIterator wb
= BreakIterator.getWordInstance();
wb.setText( " GeeksForGeeks" );
int first = wb.first();
System.out.println( "first boundary : " + first);
}
}
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Output:
first boundary : 0
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/text/BreakIterator.html#first–
Last Updated :
27 Nov, 2019
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