What is StringBuffer in Java?
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Updated on Mar 17, 2023 14:57 IST
The below article goes through the explanation and implementation of the mutable string called StringBuffer in Java along with examples.
The Java StringBuffer class is utilized to represent characters that can be altered. Java StringBuffer is faster than String is the major performance difference when executing simple concatenations.
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What is StringBuffer in Java?
Just like Strings in Java, we have its sibling called StringBuffer in Java. The major difference between String and StringBuffer classes is that String creates immutable string objects (which means they can’t be altered).
On the other hand, the StringBuffer class created mutable objects, i.e., one can alter the state of the same object again and again. Hence, two or more threads can work upon the same object simultaneously. StringBuffer is thread-safe, as all its methods are synchronized.
How to create a StringBuffer object?
Some of the StringBuffer constructor forms to create an object:
| Constructor | Description |
| StringBuffer() | Creates a StringBuffer with no characters and an initial capacity of 16 characters. |
| StringBuffer(int capacity) | It creates a string buffer with no characters and an initial capacity to the specified capacity passed as an argument to the method. |
| StringBuffer(String str) | Creates a StringBuffer with contents as that of the string object passed. |
Java StringBuffer class methods
Following are a few of the methods under the StringBuffer class for StringBuffer manipulation:
length()
This method returns the number of characters in the StringBuffer object.
Example:
\n \n \n <pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">\n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n class StringBuffer_Class \n \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n {\n \n \n \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n public \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n static \n <span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold">\n void main \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #003399">\n String \n <span style="color: #009900">\n [ \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ] args \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n { \n \n <span style="color: #666666;font-style: italic">\n //StringBuffer object with characters \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer ob1 \n <span style="color: #339933">\n = \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n new \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Shiksha Online" \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Length of the stringbuffer string: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n length \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #666666;font-style: italic"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">
Output:
Read: Loops in Java
capacity()
The capacity method in StringBuffer returns the number of characters the StringBuffer can hold.
Example:
\n \n \n <pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">\n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n class StringBuffer_Class \n \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n {\n \n \n \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n public \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n static \n <span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold">\n void main \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #003399">\n String \n <span style="color: #009900">\n [ \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ] args \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n { \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer ob1 \n <span style="color: #339933">\n = \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n new \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Capacity of the empty stringbuffer string: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n capacity \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n <span style="color: #666666;font-style: italic">\n //returns 16 \n ob1 \n <span style="color: #339933">\n = \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n new \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Shiksha Online" \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Capacity of the stringbuffer string: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n capacity \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n <span style="color: #666666;font-style: italic">\n //adds 16 + 15 \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #666666;font-style: italic"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #666666;font-style: italic"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">
Output:
append()
This method appends or attaches at the end, the string representation of the argument passed.
Example:
\n \n \n <pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">\n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n class StringBuffer_Class \n \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n {\n \n \n \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n public \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n static \n <span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold">\n void main \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #003399">\n String \n <span style="color: #009900">\n [ \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ] args \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n { \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer ob1 \n <span style="color: #339933">\n = \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n new \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Shiksha Online " \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold">\n double l \n <span style="color: #339933">\n = \n <span style="color: #cc66cc">\n 2.0 \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Original text: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1 \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Appended text: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n append \n <span style="color: #009900">\n (l \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #cc66cc"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">
Output:
charAt()
This method returns the characters at the given index from the StringBuffer object.
Example:
\n \n \n <pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">\n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n class StringBuffer_Class \n \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n {\n \n \n \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n public \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n static \n <span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold">\n void main \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #003399">\n String \n <span style="color: #009900">\n [ \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ] args \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n { \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer ob1 \n <span style="color: #339933">\n = \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n new \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Shiksha Online " \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Show character at index 4 in stringbuffer: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n charAt \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #cc66cc">\n 4 \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #cc66cc"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">
Output:
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insert()
Insert method insert a given argument at the given index.
Example:
\n \n \n <pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">\n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n class StringBuffer_Class \n \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n {\n \n \n \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n public \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n static \n <span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold">\n void main \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #003399">\n String \n <span style="color: #009900">\n [ \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ] args \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n { \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer ob1 \n <span style="color: #339933">\n = \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n new \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "This is a value " \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Original Text: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1 \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Using insert at position 10: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n insert \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #cc66cc">\n 10, \n <span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold">\n true \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #cc66cc"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">
Output:
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delete() and deleteCharAt()
The delete() method deletes characters from a starting index till the end index – 1. Whereas, deleteCharAt() method removes only the character specified in the argument.
Example:
\n \n \n <pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">\n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n class StringBuffer_Class \n \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n {\n \n \n \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n public \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n static \n <span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold">\n void main \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #003399">\n String \n <span style="color: #009900">\n [ \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ] args \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n { \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer ob1 \n <span style="color: #339933">\n = \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n new \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Shiksha Online" \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Original Text: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1 \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Using deleteChatAt: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n deleteCharAt \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #cc66cc">\n 3 \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Using delete: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n delete \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #cc66cc">\n 11, \n <span style="color: #cc66cc">\n 15 \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #cc66cc"> \n </span style="color: #cc66cc"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #cc66cc"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">
Output:
Read: Access Modifiers in Java
replace()
This method replaces characters in a StringBuffer object with another string beginning from a start index till end index – 1.
Example:
\n \n \n <pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">\n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n class StringBuffer_Class \n \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n {\n \n \n \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n public \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n static \n <span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold">\n void main \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #003399">\n String \n <span style="color: #009900">\n [ \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ] args \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n { \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer ob1 \n <span style="color: #339933">\n = \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n new \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Shiksha Online" \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Original Text: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1 \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Replaced Text: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n replace \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #cc66cc">\n 7, \n <span style="color: #cc66cc">\n 15, \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Recruitment" \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #cc66cc"> \n </span style="color: #cc66cc"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">
Output:
Also Read: Difference between JDK, JRE, and JVM
reverse()
The reverse() method is used to reverse the contents of a StringBuffer object.
Example:
\n \n \n <pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">\n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n class StringBuffer_Class \n \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n {\n \n \n \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n public \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n static \n <span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold">\n void main \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #003399">\n String \n <span style="color: #009900">\n [ \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ] args \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n { \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer ob1 \n <span style="color: #339933">\n = \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n new \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Shiksha Online" \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Original Text: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1 \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Reversed Text: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n reverse \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">
Output:
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substring()
This method returns a substring or a subsequence of the given StringBuffer object. It takes as a parameter the starting index and the end index from which the substring has to be extracted. The extract starts from the start index and runs till the index – 1.
Example:
\n \n \n <pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">\n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n class StringBuffer_Class \n \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n {\n \n \n \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n public \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n static \n <span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold">\n void main \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #003399">\n String \n <span style="color: #009900">\n [ \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ] args \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n { \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer ob1 \n <span style="color: #339933">\n = \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n new \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Shiksha Online" \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Original Text: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1 \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "SubString Text: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n substring \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #cc66cc">\n 8, \n <span style="color: #cc66cc">\n 14 \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #cc66cc"> \n </span style="color: #cc66cc"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">
Output:
Read: Exception Handling in Java.
indexOf() and lastIndexOf()
The IndexOf() returns the index representing the first occurrence of a string or a substring. Whereas, lastIndexOf() return index of last occurrence.
Example:
\n \n \n <pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">\n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n class StringBuffer_Class \n \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n {\n \n \n \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n public \n \n \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n static \n <span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold">\n void main \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #003399">\n String \n <span style="color: #009900">\n [ \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ] args \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n { \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer ob1 \n <span style="color: #339933">\n = \n <span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n new \n <span style="color: #003399">\n StringBuffer \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Shiksha Online" \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "Original Text: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1 \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "first occurence: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n indexOf \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "i" \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #003399">\n System. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n out. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n println \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "last occurence: " \n <span style="color: #339933">\n +ob1. \n <span style="color: #006633">\n lastIndexOf \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ( \n <span style="color: #0000ff">\n "i" \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #009900">\n ) \n <span style="color: #339933">\n ; \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n \n <span style="color: #009900">\n } \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #006633"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #0000ff"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #339933"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #003399"> \n </span style="color: #009900"> \n </span style="color: #000066;font-weight: bold"> \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </span style="color: #009900">\n \n \n </span style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold">\n \n \n </pre class="java" style="font-family:monospace">
Difference between String and StringBuffer
| String | StringBuffer |
| Immutable | Mutable |
| Slow while doing concatenation as it created another string object. | Faster than String in terms of concatenation. |
| Less efficient | More efficient |
| Consumes more memory space. | Consumes less memory space as compared to a string. |
| It uses a string constant pool to store the values. | Prefers heap memory to store the objects |
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