Android How to get first character of string?

Question

How to get first character of string?

string test = "StackOverflow";

first character = "S"

take a look at this tutorial [charAt()](http://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/java_string_charat.htm) — Sagar Pilkhwal, Sep 24 '14 at 07:06
possible duplicate of [Get string character by index - Java](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11229986/get-string-character-by-index-java) — Matti Virkkunen, Sep 24 '14 at 07:09
I don't think this is off-topic. I voted to close due to it being a duplicate. — Keppil, Sep 24 '14 at 07:23

score 89 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 28 '15 at 13:33

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String test = "StackOverflow"; 
char first = test.charAt(0);

edited Dec 28 '15 at 13:33

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answered Sep 24 '14 at 07:06

Karakuri

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or `substring(0,1)` if you want it as a String instead of a character – Thilo Sep 24 '14 at 07:06
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this will throw an error if you do `textView.setText(test.charAt(0))` as it's a char not string. – Prabs Apr 28 '17 at 08:15
This is what @Thilo is trying to say: ` **String test = "StackOverflow"; String first = test.substring(0,1);**` – Collins USHI Apr 27 '20 at 00:09

score 72 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 24 '14 at 07:07

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Another way is

String test = "StackOverflow";
String s=test.substring(0,1);

In this you got result in String

answered Sep 24 '14 at 07:07

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ajitksharma · Answer 3 · 2018-06-22T12:03:42.287

You can refer this link, point 4.

public class StrDemo
{
public static void main (String args[])
{
    String abc = "abc";

    System.out.println ("Char at offset 0 : " + abc.charAt(0) );
    System.out.println ("Char at offset 1 : " + abc.charAt(1) );
    System.out.println ("Char at offset 2 : " + abc.charAt(2) );

  //Also substring method
   System.out.println(abc.substring(1, 2));
   //it will print

bc

// as starting index to end index here in this case abc is the string 
   //at 0 index-a, 1-index-b, 2- index-c

// This line should throw a StringIndexOutOfBoundsException
    System.out.println ("Char at offset 3 : " + abc.charAt(3) );
 }
}

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 24 '14 at 07:07

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Use charAt():

public class Test {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      String s = "Stackoverflow";
      char result = s.charAt(0);
      System.out.println(result);
   }
}

Here is a tutorial

answered Sep 24 '14 at 07:07

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Android How to get first character of string?

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