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package com.codegym.task.task22.task2202; /* Find a substring */ public class Solution { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(getPartOfString("CodeGym is the best place to learn Java.")); } public static String getPartOfString(String string) { if (string == null) throw new StringTooShortException(); int startIndex = string.indexOf(" "); if (startIndex < 0) throw new StringTooShortException(); int index = 0; int endIndex = 0; int counter = 0; char[] ch = string.toCharArray(); for(char c:ch){ index++; if(c==' '){ counter++; } if(counter==5){ endIndex=index; break; } } if(index<5)throw new StringTooShortException(); if(endIndex<5)throw new StringTooShortException(); return string.substring(startIndex+1,endIndex-1); } public static class StringTooShortException extends RuntimeException { } }

The getPartOfString method must return the substring that begins with the character after the first space and ends with the end of the word that follows the 4th space.

Example:
"CodeGym is the best place to learn Java."

Result:
"is the best place"

Example:
"Amigo and Diego are best friends!"

Result:
"and Diego are best"

If the input data is invalid, throw a StringTooShortException (create an exception).

Requirements:

The StringTooShortException class must be a child of the RuntimeException class.
The getPartOfString method must have a String parameter.
If invalid data is passed to the getPartOfString method, a StringTooShortException should be thrown.
The getPartOfString method must return the substring that begins with the character after the first space and ends with the word that follows the 4th space.

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AnnemiekFF

Level 41 , Breda, Netherlands

13 March 2020, 14:45

If there are 4 spaces and then the string ends, it fails now with your code, but this should pass simply with the end of the String as the last part of the substring. Why are you checking if the index < 5? The only use for the index here is to get the index for the space, which could be done with a for loop too where you have a counter in the settings of the loop. Also you don't want the -1 at the endIndex, because the substring gets trimmed AT that index, not after. So as soon as it reaches index end it stops, not reads it first and then stops.

Krystian C

Level 27 , San Francisco, United States

11 February 2020, 19:54

Maybe try to add trim() to your result.