Question

How to remove the last occurrence of a word from a string in Java

Answer 1

public class RemoveTheLastOccurrenceOfAWordFromAString_Java {
    public static String removeLastOccurrenceOfAWordFromAString(String str, String word) {
        // Find the position of the last occurrence of word in str
        int pos = str.lastIndexOf(word);
        
        if (pos != -1) {
            str = str.substring(0, pos) + str.substring(pos + word.length());
        }
        
        return str;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String str = "java c python java c++ java php rust";
        String word = "java";
        
        str = removeLastOccurrenceOfAWordFromAString(str, word);
        
        System.out.println(str);
    }
}


/*
run:

java c python java c++  php rust

*/

 

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