How do i delete a section of a user inputed string that i input

[DevenGosalia514]

import java.util.Scanner;


public class StringRemoval {

/**
* @param args
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {

Scanner eyes = new Scanner(System.in);
Scanner pwn = new Scanner(System.in);
String word;
String word2;
System.out.println("Enter Word");
word = eyes.next();
System.out.println("Type what you want to go away");
word2 = pwn.next();
System.out.println(word.substring(word2.length(),w ord.length()));;

}



}
Example----
user types in mountain
user types in mount
output is ain

so basically i want to subtract the 2 inputed strings using substring

[Junky]

Strings are immutable so what you need to do is make a new String with only the bits you want. You can use indexOf to find the location of the unwanted segment and then use that in the call to substring.

[Junky]

BTW it is pointless having 2 Scanner objects. Just use the same one for both inputs.

[DevenGosalia514]

so what would my code be after
word2 = pwn.next()

[Junky]

I already told you. Use indexOf to find the location of the small word in the large word. Then use that in substring.

If you are waiting for the actual code, don't hold your breath.

[Junky]

You might want to make your code crash proof by adding an if statement to make sure that the small word exists in the large word.

[DevenGosalia514]

okay so i tryed ur way with the indexOf however i kept getting an error that i cant convert a string to an int.
so it tryed coding a different way and developed this

import java.util.Scanner;


public class StringRemoval {

/**
* @param args
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {

Scanner eyes = new Scanner(System.in);
Scanner pwn = new Scanner(System.in);
String word;
String word2;
System.out.println("Enter Word");
word = eyes.next();
System.out.println("Type what you want to keep");
word2 = pwn.next();
String end = word.substring(0, word2.length());
System.out.println(end);

}



}

[Junky]

And it doesn't work. Why bother asking for advice if you are going to ignore it?

If you get an error it doesn't mean that the approach is wrong, it means that you made a mistake in doing it that way. Since you didn't post your attempted code or the error message how are we supposed to help?

[sunde887]

You can also use a StringBuilder too, however; you need to read carefully what junky said and figure it out from there, think about it.