Thread: Java equivalent of Python :-1

Hi,

I have some python code which I am trying to convert into a java equivalent for a project at work and am a little stumped over one bit of code.
I think its a case of I've been looking at this too long that now I've confused myself entirely and my mind has gone blank. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry but I don't know how to add tags for python code so I hope this works

validateID is some function
empID is a unique ID represented as a string of chars in python
checkDigit is an arbitrary integer.

My main issue is the :-1.

if (validateID(empID[:-1]) != checkDigit):
    .....
    .....

I basically need to know how to convert that line to a java equivalent.

Thanks in advance.

It is list indexing, it returns all elements [:] except the last one -1.

For now Im using a loop excluding the last element. Seems to work I guess. Thanks.