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What will be the output?
String str1 = "abcde";
System.out.println(str1.substring(1, 3));

A. abc

B. bc

C. bcd

D. abcd

E. None of these

Answer: Option B

Solution(By Examveda Team)

substring() method has two variants and returns a new string that is a substring of this string. The substring begins with the character at the specified index and extends to the end of this string or upto endIndex - 1 if second argument is given.
Syntax: Here is the syntax of this method:
public String substring(int beginIndex)
or
public String substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex)
Parameters: Here is the detail of parameters:
beginIndex -- the begin index, inclusive.
endIndex -- the end index, exclus


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Comments ( 2 )

  1. Music Ever*
    Music Ever* :
    1 year ago

    d is at the 3rd position but the end index cannot be included so it stops at c (i.e.,) (1, 3) means (1, 2) cause the 3rd position cannot be included.
    Another (eg): if it is given as (2, 6) then it means (2,4,5) only.

  2. Manish Pareek
    Manish Pareek :
    6 years ago

    If b is at position 1 so how c is at position 3.

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