Thread: Replace String Method? Noobie :/

This is a program to change the first word in a user input sentence with the last.

I am extremely sorry if this is a simple fix but I either get a repeated String or a printout error. I have been at it for days -_-


int first;
int last;

first = Modified.indexOf (' ');
last = Modified.lastIndexOf(' ')+1;

String word = Modified.substring(0,first);
String lastword = Modified.substring(first+1, last+4);
String Modified2 = Modified.replace(word, lastword);
System.out.println( Modified2);

I'm not sure what you're asking for. Post your full program in code tags and copy-and-paste any error output. If your program works, but not correctly, post what you expect the output to be and copy-paste the output of your code.

For debugging you should print out the values of word and lastword so you can see what the code is doing.

   import java.util.Scanner;
 
class Hate
{
  public static void main (String args[])
  {
    String Original;
    String Modified;
 
    int love;
    int hate;
 
    Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println(" Fill in the blanks with something you love and something you hate\n I love ____, but hate ____: ");
    Original = in.nextLine();
 
    love = Original.indexOf("love");
    hate = Original.indexOf("hate");
 
    Modified = Original.substring(0,love) + "hate" + Original.substring(love+4, hate) + "love" + Original.substring(hate+4);
    System.out.println ( "Original line of text: \n" + Original);
    System.out.println ( "The word hate is replaced with love: \n" + Modified);
 
    int first;
    int last;
 
    first = Modified.indexOf (' ');
    last = Modified.lastIndexOf(' ')+1;
 
         String word = Modified.substring(0,first);
       String lastword = Modified.substring(first+1, last+4);
       String Modified2 = Modified.replace(word, lastword);
        System.out.println( Modified2);
 
                          }
}

Output:


Original line of text:
I love cats but hate dogs
The word hate is replaced with love:
I hate cats but love dogs
hate cats but love dogs hate cats but love dogs


The bolded is suppose to be modified to replace "I" the first word of the sentence with "dogs" the last word and "dogs" is replaced with the word "I". Just flipping the first and the last word of a sentence.

Suppose to say : dogs hate cats but love I

Where did you print out the values of word and lastword for debugging?
Also print out the values of the first and last variables to see what your code is doing.

Output:

I love ____, but hate ____:
[DrJava Input Box]
Original line of text:
i love cats but hate dogs
The word hate is replaced with love:
i hate cats but love dogs
First word of sentence: i
Last word of sentence: dogs
first value: 1
last value: 21
Replacement of the first and last word: dogs hate cats but love dogs

I was able to replace the first word with the last, but do not know how to replace the last with the first.
What its suppose to say: "dogs hate cats but love I"

Nice - it's the 'swap(x, y)' problem all over again! Rather than trying to replace the two with each other, why not try to break the sentence into 3 parts, first-second-third and then reassemble them third-second-first?

edit: confusing wording? I mean "firstword-middlestuff-lastword" with "lastword-middlestuff-firstword"

Once you replace the first word with the last word, there are now two "last" words in the String.
You may have to do the same trick you use when you are swapping items in an array.

Something like: first to temp, last to first, temp to last

EDIT: Too slow this time.